[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) › 20.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 20.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 20.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.2) "yāni svasya" ādityasya "prādhānyena" varttante pradhānastutibhāñji nāmāni,— "savitā, bhagaḥ, sūryyaḥ, pūṣā"-ityevamādīni, "tāni upariṣṭādvyākhyāsyāmaḥ" sapta \[ dvā \] daśe'dhyāye | imāni tu naighaṇḍukāni saṃsṛṣṭarūpāṇi ca dyunāmabhiḥ sākamityata iha naighaṇḍukaprakaraṇe nirucyante | 13 | - [Previous: 20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.1) - [Next: 20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.3) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.13) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.2) · Pramāṇa