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# Yāska's Nirukta 12.7

Nirukta 12.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.12.7)

\`\`etā u tyā usasaḥ ketum akrata pūrve ardhe rajaso bhānum ajñate/  
niskṛṇvānā āyudhāni iva dhṛsnavaḥ prati gāvas arusīr yanti mātarah/''.  
etās tā usasaḥ ketum akṛsata prajñānam/  
ekasyā eva pūjana arthe bahu vacanam syāt/  
pūrve'ardhe'antarikṣa lokasya samañjate bhānunā/  
niskṛṇvānā āyudhāni iva dhṛsnu1p/  
nir ity eṣa sam ity etasya sthāne/  
\`\`emi id eṣām niskṛtam jārinī iva/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
pratiyanti/go1p gamanāt/  
arusīr ārocanāt/  
mātāp,.bhāṣo nirmātryah/  
sūryā sūryasya patnī/  
esā eva abhisṛṣṭa kālatamā/  
tasyā eṣā bhavati/

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## Commentaries (3)

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

## Linked texts (2)

- [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.6.7) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.266.1-5) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v5.c55.27) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2609) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c8.s1.52) — Tilak 1903, English

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