[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › [Rijvartha (Niruktavritti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) › 16.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 16.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 16.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16.2) "athāpi varṇopajana āsthad dvāro bharūjeti" | 'asu kṣepaṇe (di0 pa0 )' tasya āsthat varṇopajanena | 'vṛtūm̐ sambhaktau (krayā0 ā0 )' tasya dvāraḥ | 'bhraॅsja pāke (tu0 ubha0 )' tasya bharūjā evaṃ vyākaraṇe'pi lakṣaṇapradhāne sati arthavaśena lopāgamau vipariṇāmaśca śabdānāṃ dṛṣṭaḥ, kimuta nirukte yadarthapradhānameva | tasmāt sādhūktam,-"athānvite'rthe'prādeśike vikāre'rthanityaḥ parīkṣeta kenacid vṛttisāmānyenāvidyamāne sāmānye'pyakṣaravarṇasāmānyānnibrūyāt vibhaktīḥ, api yathārthaṃ sannamayet"-iti || evamayamādimadhyāntalopa ādimadhyāntavikāro varṇalopo dvivarṇalopa ādiviparyaya ādyantaviparyayo varṇopajanaśchandasi bhāṣāyāṃ ca draṣṭavyāḥ, dṛṣṭvā ca yathāsambhavamanuvidheyam | - [Previous: 16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16.1) - [Next: 16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16.3) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.16.2) · Pramāṇa