[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) › 2.16 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.16 Nirukta 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.16) \`\`atiṣṭhantīnām aniveśanānām kāsthānām madhye nihitam śarīram/ vṛtrasya ninyam vicaranty āpo dīrgham tamas āśayad indra śatruh/'' \`\`atiṣṭhantīnām''.aniviśamānānām ity asthāvarānām kāsthānām madhye.''.nihitam śarīram''.meghah/ śarīram śarīram($).śṛṇāteḥ śamnāter vā/ vṛtrasya ninyam nirṇāmam vicaranti vijānanty āpa iti/ dīrgham drāghates tamas tanoteh/ āśayat āśeteh/ indra śatrur indro asa śamayitā vā śātaitā vā tasmād indra śatruh/ tat ko vṛtras,.megha iti nairuktās,.tvāstro asura ity aitihāsikā/ apāmm ca jyotiṣaś ca miśrī bhāva karmaṇo varṣa karma jāyate,.tatra upamā arthena yuddha varṇā bhavanti/ ahivat tu khalu mantra varṇā brāhmaṇa vādāś ca/ vivṛddhi ā śarīrasya srotāṃsi nivārayām cakāra,.tasmin hate prasasyandira āpas,.tad abhivādinī eṣā ṛc bhavati/ - [Previous: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.15) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.17) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (4) - [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 - [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (8) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.243) — P. V. Kane, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.41) — 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.v2.c18.s10.50) — John Muir, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3132) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7125) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.117) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.23.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c12.5) — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.16) · Pramāṇa