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# Yāska's Nirukta 1.17

Nirukta 1.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.17)

atha api idam antareṇa pada vibhāgo na vidyate  
\`\`avasāya padvate rudra mṛḷe.''.(ṛV.X,169,1).iti  
padvad avasam gāvaḥ pathyadanam avater gati arthasya aso nāma karaṇas tasmān na avagṛhṇanti  
\`\`ava sāya aśvān''.iti  
syatir upasṛṣṭo vimocane tasmād avagṛhṇanti  
\`\`dūto nirṛtyā idam ā jagāma.''.(ṛV.X,165,1).iti  
pañcamī artha prekṣā vā ṣaṣthī artha prekṣā vā āḥ kāra antam  
\`\`paro nirṛtyā ā cakṣva.''.(ṛV.X,164,1).iti caturthī artha prekṣā ai kāra antam  
paraḥ samnikarṣaḥ saṃhitā  
pada prakṛtiḥ saṃhitā  
pada prakṛtīni sarva caraṇānām pārṣadāni  
atha api yājñe daivatena bahavaḥ pradeśā bhavanti tad etena upekṣitavyam  
te ced brūyur liṅgajñā atra sma iti  
\`\`.indram na tvā śavasā devatā vāyum pṛṇanti.''.(ṛV.V1,4,7;.Vṣ.33,13).iti  
vāyu liṅgaṃś ca indra liṅgaṃś ca āgneye mantre  
\`\`.agnir iva manyo tviṣitaḥ sahasva.''.(ṛV.X,84,2).iti  
tathā agnir mānyave mantre  
tviṣito jvalitas tviṣir ity apy asya dīpti nāma bhavati  
atha api jñāna praśaṃsā bhavaty ajñāna nindā ca

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## Commentaries (4)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.13.2) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.13.2) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (7)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.845) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3132) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.143) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.18) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- [A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.muller-1859.c8.s1.t1.45) — F. Max Müller, English
- [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c10.s1.43) — V. S. Agrawala, English
- [On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.burnell-1875.c5.182) — A. C. Burnell, English

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