[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) › 263.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 263.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 263.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [263.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263.2) “vidhātā (7)”- “dhātrā vyākhyātaḥ” dhātaiva vidhātā | 11 | 1 | 1 | “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 | 11 | 13 | - [Previous: 263.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263.1) - [Next: 263.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263.3) - [Up: 263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.11.13) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.263.2) · Pramāṇa