[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) › 2.12 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.12 Nirukta 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.12) \`\`yad devāpiḥ śantanu4.purohito hotrāya vṛtaḥ kṛpayann adīdhet/ deva śrutam vṛṣṭi vanim rarāno bṛhaspatir vācam asmā ayacchat/'' śantanuḥ śam tano astu iti vā śam asmai tanu ā astu iti vā/ purohitaḥ pura enam dadhati/ hotrāya vṛtaḥ kṛpāyamāno anvadhyāyad,.deva śrutam devā enam śṛṇvanti,.ṛṣṭi vanim vṛṣṭi yācinam rarānas rātir abhyastas,.bṛhaspatir brahma āsīt so asmai vācam ayacchad,.bṛhat upavyākhyātam/ - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.19.12) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [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.v4.c27.s3.177) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7950) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.12) · Pramāṇa