[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) › 210.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 210.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 210.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [210.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.210.2) “aśvājanī (15)”-ityetat padam | tāṃ punaretāṃ “kaśā-ityāhuḥ”| aśvājanītyetat na nirvaktavyam, pratyakṣavṛttitvādasya | atha “kaśā” kasmāt ? sā hi “prakāśayati” prakhyāpayati “bhayam aśvāya” || “kṛṣyateḥ vā aṇūbhāvāt” apakṛṣṭā hi sā bhavati carmaṇo'ṇvī || “vāk” api kaśā ityucyate, sā “punaḥ prakāśayatyarthān” iti || athavā-“khaśayā” vāk, khe mukhākāśe śete iti || “krośateḥ vā” śabdārthasya | 9 | 19 | “aśvakaśāyāḥ” yā tvaśvakaśā, tasyāḥ “eṣā bhavati” stutaye-|| - [Previous: 210.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.210.1) - [Next: 211.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.211.1) - [Up: 210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.210) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.20) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.210.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.210.2) · Pramāṇa