[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) › 8.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 8.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 8.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8.2) “athāpi” ayamaparo nipātasamāhāro “nacetyeṣa idityetena” eva samprayuktaḥ “prayujyate”| kenacidanupṛṣṭe sati prativacanaṃ bhavati | tad yathā,--kaścit kaścit pṛcchati,–‘tiṣṭhanti vṛṣalāḥ ?, iti | tataḥ pratyācaṣṭe,–‘tiṣṭhanti' iti | tato ‘yadi tiṣṭhanti, kimarthaṃ nāgacchanti ?' iti punaranupṛṣṭe bravīti,--“na cet surāṃ pibanti” āgamiṣyanti' iti, yadi surāṃ na pivantītyarthaḥ || atha “surā” kasmāt ?, “sunoteḥ”|-sā hyabhiṣūyate anekairdravyaiḥ piṣṭādibhiḥ | 11 | - [Previous: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8.1) - [Next: 8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8.11) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.11) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.8.2) · Pramāṇa