[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) › 7.3.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.3.4 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 7.3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.4) āha-nanu ādau ca madhye ca pūraṇānāmāgamo dṛṣṭaḥ, tadyathā--“nūnaṃ sā te"-iti, atha kathamūcyate-'ye'pravṛtte'rthe āgacchanti te padapūraṇāḥ'-iti ?, ucyate-na hyetadadhyayanakālīnamānupūrvyamakṣarāṇāṃ padānāṃ vā vyākhyākāle niyatamasti, arthaprakāśanārthanirvacanavaśenyānyadānupūrvyamupajāyate saṃmākhyākāle | tatraivaṃ satyākhyātapadaṃ pradhānam, tadanu nāma, tadanūpasargaḥ, tadanu nipātāḥ,-ityetāmānupūrvīmapekṣyaitaduktam | tatra ye pravṛtte'rthe āgacchanti, te padapūraṇā bhavantīti | etāmānupūrvīmapekṣya pūrvamākhyāta lakṣaṇamuktam, tadanu nāmalakṣaṇam | tasmādādāvapi nipātaḥ sanmadhye vā anta eva draṣṭavyaḥ | loke'pi hi dattānuyogānāṃ brāhmaṇānāmsthānakramo'kiñcitkara eva bhavati | madhye'nte vāvasthito yaḥ pradhānaḥ, so'dya ityucyate | tasmāt samyagevoktaṃ 'ye'pravṛtte'rthe'-iti || vyatyayaṃ cādhikṛtya ślokamapyudāharanti"ādimadhyāntaluptāni pracchannārpihitāni ca | brāhmaṇaḥ pariguhyeta vede vyavahitāni ca ||"-iti | 9 | - [Previous: 7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.3) - [Next: 7.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.5) - [Up: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.10) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.4) · Pramāṇa