Yāska's Nirukta 77.1.3

Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 77.1.3

Language: Sanskrit

77.1.3

ucyate "saptamo hyasāvādityaḥ putraḥ"ityevamaitihāsikā manyante | brāhmaṇe'pi ca, "mṛtapitaramaṇḍamavāpacata, tasminnādityaḥ saptama indro'ṣṭama iti ha vijñāyate" || athavā-saptamakhyākā yuktā asya raśmayaḥ putrāḥ, tenāsau saptaputraḥ || athavā-naiva saṃkhyābhiprāyametat saptaputra iti | āhakathaṃ tarhi ? iti | ucyate-"sarpaṇaputramiti" eva sarpaṇā hi tasya raśmayo muhūrttamapyanavasthāyino yasya putrāḥ so'yaṃ saptaputraḥ | "saptasṛptā saṃkhyā" ṣaḍbhyaḥ sakāśāt | evaṃ saptasaṃkhyopetāḥ, sarpaṇakriyāyogino vā eta eva "ādityaraśmayaḥ" asya odityasya putrāḥ "iti" mantravidaḥ "vadanti" manyante | 4| 26 | oṃ

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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit