[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) › 74 # Yāska's Nirukta 74 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.74.1) yattuktam,-"athāpyasyaiko raśmiścandramasaṃ prati dīpyate ( 2 | 6 | 3 ) so'pi gaurityucyate,-'atrā ha goramanvateti' tadupariṣṭādvyākhyāsyāmaḥ-( 2| 6|4) iti, tadidamucyate,-"atrā ha"-iti | gotamasya rāhūgaṇasyeyamarṣim | agnicayane iṣṭakopadhāne viniyuktā | "atrā ha" atraiva, etasmiṃścandramaṇḍale "goḥ" suṣumṇasyaikasya sūryyaraśmeḥ, itare sūryyaraśmayaḥ "amanvata" amanyanta, samanujñātavanta ityarthaḥ | kiṃ punastat samamanyanta "nāma" namana prahṛtvamavasthānamityarthaḥ | kutaḥ ? "tvaṣṭuḥ" ādityasya maṇḍalāt | athavā-tvaṣṭuḥ ādityasya svabhūtā raśmayaḥ mamamanyanta | katha tasya namana tat samamanyanta ? iti "apīcyam" "apagataṃ" tatraiva candramaṇḍale'nupraviṣṭasya yadavasthānāntara tat samamanyanta | athavā-apīcyamiti "apa" etya sūryyamaṇḍalāt candramaṇḍale "citam" apīcyam | athavā-apīcyam "antarhitam" ityarthaḥ, "pratīcyam ( 5 ), apīcyam ( 6 )"-iti hi antarhitanāmasu paṭhitam | kva punarantarhitasyānyatrāvasthānam ? iti "itthā candramaso gṛhe" amuṣmiścandramaṇḍale ityarthaḥ | 4 | 25 | ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.25) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.74) · Pramāṇa