[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) › 172.2.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 172.2.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 172.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [172.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.2) iti pratijñātavataḥ kuto vāyvindraśabdayorarthabhedaḥ ? bhede hi pratijñāhāniḥ syāt | api ca bhede'bhiprete naikavacanena niradekṣyadantarikṣasthāna iti | abhidhānamātre bhinne'pyabhidheyasya cābhede antarikṣamasya sthānamityupapatteḥ | ṣaṣṭhyekavacano viśeṣyo'ntarikṣasthānaśabdena viśeṣyate, itarathā hyantarikṣasthānau ityavakṣyat dvayorviśeṣyayoḥ | api ca "vāyavāhi darśat (ṛ0 saṃ0 1, 1, 3, 1)"-iti || vāyoḥ prādhānyastutimudāhṛtya tāṃ nirucya tasyāṃ somapānasambandhamupalakṣya-aindratvaṃ ca somasyāvetya "a̱ṃśura̍ śu̱ṣṭe"ityetasmin "ā tvamindrā̍ya pyāyasva" "tubhya̱mindra̍ḥ pyāya̍tām"-iti nānyatrendraśabdāt mukhyābhisambandhino madhyamāt somapānaṃ sambhavatīti pratītya vāyuśabdasyendraśabdena samānārthatāṃ dṛḍhamavadhārya amṛṣyamāṇo vāyuśabdasya madhyasādarthāntare vṛttimaparyāyaśabdavādināmākṣipannāha "kamanyaṃ madhyamāddevamavakṣyat" ( 10 | )-iti | uttaramapi ca yamudājahāra nigamaṃ "tasyaiṣā parā bhavati" (10| - [Previous: 172.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.1) - [Next: 172.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.3) - [Up: 172.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.8) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.2) · Pramāṇa