[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) › 2.13 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.13 Nirukta 2.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.13) sādhāranāny uttarāni so divaś ca ādityasya ca/ yāni tv asya prādhānyena uparistāt tāni vyākhyāsyāmah/ ādityaḥ kasmād,.ādatte rasān,.ādatte bhāṣam jyotiṣām,.ādīpto bhāṣā iti vā aditeḥ putra iti vā/ alpa prayogam tv asya etad ārca abhyāmnāye sūkta bhāk.''.sūryam āditeyam''.aditeḥ putram/ evam anyāsām api devatānām āditya pravādāḥ stutayo bhavanti tad yathā etat mitrasya varuṇasya aryaman6.dakṣasya bhagasya aṃśasya iti/ atha api mitrā varuṇayoh/''.ādityā dānunaspatī''.dānapatī/ atha api mitrasya ekasya/''.pra samitra marto astu prayasvān yas ta āditya śikṣati vratena''.ity api nigamo bhavati/ atha api varuṇasya ekasya.''.athā vayam āditya vrate tava/ vratam iti karma nāma nivṛtti karma vārayati iti satah,.idam api itarad vratam etasmād eva vṛṇoti iti satas,.annam api vratam ucyate yad āvṛṇoti śarīram/ - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.20.1) — 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.20.5) — 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.v4.c27.s4.15) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6230) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s1.t6.24) — Macdonell 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.13) · Pramāṇa