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# Yāska's Nirukta 1.2

Nirukta 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.2)

tatra catuṣṭvam na upapadyate  
ayugapad.(yugapad.Bh).utpannānām vā śabdānām itaretara upadeśaḥ śāstra kṛto yogaś ca  
vyāptimattvāt tu śabdasya aṇīyastvāc ca śabdena sañjñā karaṇam vyavahāra artham loke  
teṣām manuṣyavad devatā abhidhānam  
puruṣa vidyā anityatvāt karma sampattir mantro vede  
ṣaḍ bhāva vikārā bhavanti iti vārṣyāyaṇir  
jāyate asti vipariṇamate vardhate apakṣīyate vinaśyati iti  
jāyata iti pūrva bhāvasya ādim ācaṣṭe na apara bhāvam ācaṣṭe na pratiṣedhati  
asti ity utpannasya sattvasya avadhāraṇam  
vipariṇamata ity apracyavamānasya tattvād vikāram  
vardhata iti sva aṅga abhyuccayam sāmyaugikānām vā arthānām  
vardhate vijayena iti vā vardhate śarīreṇa iti vā  
apakṣīyata ity etena eva vyākhyātaḥ pratilomam  
vinaśyati ity apara bhāvasya ādim ācaṣṭe na pūrva bhāvam ācaṣṭe na pratiṣedhati

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## Commentaries (4)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.3) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.3.3) — 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 (6)

- [The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.potter-1970.v5.c33.1) — Karl H. Potter, English
- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.478) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- [भारतीय प्राचीन लिपिमाला (Bhāratīya Prācīna Lipimālā: The Palaeography of India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.ojha-1894.c7.101) — Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, Hindi
- [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c10.s3.t1.135) — V. S. Agrawala, English
- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.olivelle-1992.c6.s9.t4.9) — Patrick Olivelle, English
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.2.7) — Yāska, Sanskrit

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