[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) › 167.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 167.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 167.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.2) āha—kiṃ sattva punastaddaivataṃ prakaraṇam ? iti, ucyate—“tadyāni nāmāni prādhānyastutīnāṃ devatānāṃ taddaivatamityācakṣate” | yāni nāmāni prādhānyastutīnāma agnyādīnāṃ devapattyantānāṃ devatānāṃ tat daivataṃ prakaraṇam iti evamācāryāḥ ācakṣate|| nirūḍhā hīyametasmin prakaraṇe sañjñetyabhiprāyaḥ | 7 | - [Previous: 167.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.1) - [Next: 167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.3) - [Up: 167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.2) · Pramāṇa