Yāska's Nirukta 263.2

263.2

“vidhātā (7)”- “dhātrā vyākhyātaḥ” dhātaiva vidhātā |
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“tasya eṣa nipāto bhavati” stutimādhāreṇyena “bahudevatāyāmṛci”-||
‘‘teṣāṃ’’ ‘‘marutaḥ’’ ‘‘prathamāgāminaḥ bhavanti’’ | kasmāt ? vāyureva hi bhedenāpekṣamāṇo marudabhidhāno bahuvacanabhāg bhavati | teṣāṃ prāthamyaṃ vāyunā vyākhyātam | etāvāṃstu viśeṣaḥ-bahusādhye karmaṇi bahudhā bhavyamo bhavati, pṛthaktvena tu vijñātā marutaḥ śukrajyotiśca citrajyotiścetyevamādayaḥ, saptasaptakā devagaṇāḥ māruteṣu gaṇeṣu saptakapāleṣu, agnau purāṇe caita eva prasiddhāḥ, saptavidhavāyuvicāriṇaḥ mārīcāt kaśyapādadityāṃ ye jajñire || nairuktasamayastu sarva eva gaṇā marutaḥ | uktaṃ ca vārttike‘‘madhyamā vāk striyaḥ sarvāḥ pumānsarvaśca madhyamaḥ | gaṇāśca sarve maruto gaṇabhedāḥ pṛthakkṛteḥ ||’’-iti |
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