[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) › 2.6 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.6 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.6) “api vā''hananādeva syuḥ samāhatā bhavanti” | api caivaṃ yathoktam | api caivamanyathā nighaṇṭavaḥ syuḥ || kathamiti ? | āhananādeva | na nigamanādityabhiprāyaḥ | vidyamānamapi nigamanamavivakṣitametasmin pakṣe | anekakriyāyoge'pi hi sati kāñcideva kriyāmaṅgīkṛtya nāmadheyapratilambho bhavati | taduttaratra vakṣyāmaḥ || āha--kimeteṣvāhatamiti ?| ucyate--samāhatā bhavanti | samaḥ sthāne nītyeṣa niyuktaḥ | darśayiṣyati cāyamupasargavyatyayaṃ nirityeṣa samityetasya sthāne iti | āḍvidyamāna evāvyāhṛto maryādārthaprakośanāya | hanteḥ pāṭhārthe vartamānasyānekārthatvāddhāṃtūnāṃ varṇavyāpattyā oṣaśabdavat hakārasthāne dhakāraḥ, takārasya ṭakāraḥ || atha ko'rthaḥ ? || etasmin pañcādhyāyīsaṃgrahe maryādayā paṭhitā hyete bhavanti, tasmātsamāhatāḥ samāhantava ete santa upasargavyatyayopasargādhyāhāravarṇavyāpattibhirnighaṇṭava ityucyante || prasiddhaśca pāṭhārthe hanteḥ prayogaḥ | evaṃ hi vaktāro bhavanti-'brāhmaṇe idamāhatam' 'sūtre idamāhatam'--iti | arthaprādhānyādarthanirvacanavaśena śabdavipariṇāmo'yaṃ pradarśitaḥ | - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.4) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.6) · Pramāṇa