Yāska's Nirukta 171.1

Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 171.1

Language: Sanskrit

171.1

“tad ye anādiṣṭadevatā mantrāḥ”| ihaitaduktam,–“yatkāma ṛṣairyasyāṃ devatāyāmārthapatyamicchan stutiṃ prayuṅkte taddaivataḥ sa mantro bhavati”-iti | tadetatprakaṭadevatālakṣaṇeṣu mantreṣu mantradevatālakṣaṇamupapadyate, ye tvanādiṣṭadevatāliṅgā mantrāḥ, teṣu devatāḥ kathamanveṣyāḥ ? iti tadetad vicāryata ityupayuktastacchabdaḥ| ye anādiṣṭadevatāliṅgā mantrāḥ, “teṣu” “devatopaparīkṣā” devatāyā ataḥ paraṃ parīkṣā upapattito varttiṣyata iti vākyaśeṣaḥ |
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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit