[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) › 167.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 167.3 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 167.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.3) “saiṣā devatopaparīkṣā” | sā, yā purastāt prakaraṇatrayopanyāse—“naighaṇṭukamidaṃ devatānāmaprādhānyenedamiti”—( 1 | 20 | 2) “tadyāni nāmāni prādhānyastutīnāṃ devatānāṃ tad daivatamityācakṣate, tadupariṣṭād vyākhyāsyāmaḥ”-iti ( 1| 20|6 ) pratijñātā| sā idānīṃ prakaraṇadvaye nirṇīkte yathāprakaraṇopanyāsainaivāvasaraprāptā,sāmānyaviśeṣataḥ svalakṣaṇasatattvopapattibhirekaikasyā devattāyā upagamyopagamyaparīkṣā,varttiṣyataiti vākyaśeṣaḥ|| ihamihoktam-prādhānyastutibhāñji yāni devatābhidhānāni, tatsamudāyo daivata prakaraṇam, tad vyākhyāsyāmaḥ iti | tasya punariyameva samāmato vyākhyā yaddevatopaparīkṣaṇam, tadabhidhānavyutpatti-tatstutyudāharaṇa-tannirvacanāni | 7 | - [Previous: 167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.2) - [Next: 167.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.4) - [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.167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.3) · Pramāṇa