[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) › 2.17 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.17 Nirukta 2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.17) \`\`dāsa patnīr ahi gopā atiṣṭhan niruddhā āpaḥ paninā iva gāvah/ apām bilam apihitam yad āsīd vṛtram jaghanvām apa tad vavāra/'' dāsa patnīr dāsa adhipatnī o,.dāso dasyater upadāsayati karmāṇy ahi gopā atiṣṭhan ahinā guptāh/ ahir,.ayanād,.ety antarikṣe ayam api itaro ahir etasmād eva($),.nirhrasita upasarga āhantiti/ \`\`niruddhā āpaḥ ahinā iva gāvah/''.panir vanij bhavati,.paniḥ pananād,.vanij panyam nenekti/ \`\`apām bilam apihitam yad āsīt/''.bilam bharam bhavati,.bibharteh/ \`\`vṛtram jaghnivān apa vavāra.(tad)/''.vṛtro vṛṇoter vā vartater vā vardhati vā/ yad avṛṇot tad vṛtrasya vṛtratvam iti vijñāyate/ yad avartata tad vṛtrasya vṛtratvam iti vijñāyate/ yad avardhata tad vṛtrasya vṛtratvam iti vijñāyate/ - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.22.11) — 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.23.1-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.147) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3743) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.17) · Pramāṇa