[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) › 3.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.2) kiṃ cānyat- " ayugapadutpannānāṃ vā śabdānāmitaretaropadeśaḥ " | vāśabdaḥ. samuccayārthaḥ " vā vikalpopamānadvandvasamuccayārtheṣu " iti hi nipātavidaḥ paṭhanti | vakṣyati cāyamapi- "veti vicāraṇārthe"-ityupakramya "athāpi samuccayārthe bhavati " ( 1,1va0 4-5,1 ) iti || evaṃ ceteṣāmayugapadutpannānāṃ śabdānāṃ vākyāvayavabhūtānāṃ yo'yamitaretaropadeśaḥ itaretaraguṇapradhānabhāvo nāmnā ākhyātaṃ prati guṇabhāvenopadeśaḥ, ākhyā tasya ca nāma prati pradhānabhāvenopadeśaḥ| ayaṃ ca nopapadyate' ityanuvarttate || kiṃ kāraṇam ? | na hi vinaṣṭaṃ nāma guṇabhāvamiyādākhyāte, nāpi naṣṭamākhyātaṃ pradhānabhāvamiyānnāmni | na hi vinaṣṭāvinaṣṭayostaretaraguṇapradhānabhāvo'sti | 9 - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.2) · Pramāṇa