Yāska's Nirukta 24.2

Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 24.2

Language: Sanskrit

24.2

āha— “rātriḥ kasmāt ?” iti | ucyate- iya hyāgacchantī “prakarṣeṇa ramayati”|| kāni ? “bhūtāni naktañcārīṇi” piśācādīni, tāni hi vigate'hani rātryāmupasthitāyāṃ prāpto'ya vihārasamaya iti prakarṣeṇa ramante || “uparamayatītarāṇi dhruvīkaroti” itarāṇyapi divācārīṇi saivoparamayati, tasyāṃ hyupasthitāyāṃ divācarāṇi bhūtāni manuṣyādīni itikarttavyatābhya uparamanti, uparamya ca sthirībhavanti nivāsāya || “rātervā syāt dānakarmaṇaḥ” dānārthasya | āha—kimasyāṃ pradīyate ? ucyate"pradīyante'syāmavaśyāyāḥ” avaśyamāyantītyavaśyāyāḥ, tuṣārā ityarthaḥ, te hi rātrau nipatanti |
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( athoṣonāmāni )

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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit