[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) › [Yāska's Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › 2.10 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.10 Nirukta 2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.10) hiranya nāmāny uttarāni pañca daśa/ hiranyam kasmād,.hriyata āyamyamānam iti vā hriyate janāt janam iti vā hitaramanam bhavati iti vā hṛdaya ramanam bhavati iti vā haryater vā syat prepsā karmaṇah/(2,10)\[194\] antarikṣa nāmāny uttarāni sodaśa/ antarikṣam kasmād,.antarā kṣa antam bhavaty antar ime iti vā śarīreṣv antar akṣayam iti vā/(2,10)\[194\] tatra samudra ity etat pārthivena samudrena saṃdihyate/(2,10)\[194\] samudraḥ kasmāt,.samuddravanty asmād āpah,.samabhidravanty enam āpah,.sammodante asmin bhūtāni,.samudako bhavati,.samunatti iti vā/(2,10)\[195\] tayor vibhāgah/ tatra itihāsam ācakṣate devāpiś ca ārṣtisenaḥ śāntanuś ca kauravyau bhrātaru babhuvatuh,.sa śantanuḥ kanīyān ahisecayām cakre devāpis tapas pratipede/ tataḥ śāntanas rājye dvādaśa varṣāni devo na vavarśa,.tam ūcur brāhmaṇā adharmas tvayā carito jyestham bhrātaram antaritya abhisecitam tasmāt te devo na varṣati iti/ sa śantanur devāpim śiśikṣa rājyena tam uvāca devāpiḥ purohitas te asāni yājayāni ca tvā iti/ tasya etad varṣa kāma sūktam/ tasya eṣā bhavati/ - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (4) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.19.1.5) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.19.1.5) — 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 (11) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.23) — P. V. Kane, English - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c35.s1.12) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.930) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [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.v1.c8.s2.7) — John Muir, English - [Tribes in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1943.c7.14) — Bimala Churn Law, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.96) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English - [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.135) — F. E. Pargiter, English - [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c20.105) — Johann Jakob Meyer, English - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.18.4-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s1.20) — D. C. Sircar, English - [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s4.t1.124) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.10) · Pramāṇa