Yāska's Nirukta 15.1

Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 15.1

Language: Sanskrit

15.1

"atha nirvacanam”| nāmākhyātopasarganipātalakṣaṇamuktvā śāstrārambhaprayojanāni ca vedavedāṅgavyūhaṃ ca saprayojanaṃ nighaṇṭusamāmnāyaviracanāṃ ca prakaraṇatrayavibhāgenoktvā daivatamutkṛṣya naighaṇṭukanaigame prakaraṇe puraskṛta naighaṇṭukāni naigamānīheheti | te punerete nirvacanalakṣaṇamanuktvā na śakyete vyākhyātuṃ yasmāt, "atha" etasmāt kāraṇāt “nirvacanam” lakṣaṇato vyākhyāsyāma iti vākyaśeṣaḥ | api hi tasyārthasya parokṣavṛttāvatiparokṣavṛttau vā śabde niṣkṛṣya vigṛhya vacanaṃ nirvacanam | sa eṣa nirvacanābhyupāya ityucyate |

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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit