[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) › 2.1 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.1 Nirukta 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.1) atha nirvacanam tad yeṣu padeṣu svara saṃskārau samarthau prādeśikena vikāreṇa.(guṇena.Bh).anvitau syātām tathā tāni nirbrūyād atha ananvite arthe aprādeśike vikāre artha nityaḥ parīkṣeta kenacid vṛtti sāmānyena avidyamāne sāmānye apy akṣara varṇa sāmānyān nirbrūyān na tv eva na nirbrūyāt na saṃskāram ādriyeta viśayavatyo.(hi.Bh).vṛttayo bhavanti yathā artham vibhaktīḥ sannamayet prattam avattam iti dhātu ādī eva śisyete atha apy aster nivṛtti sthāneṣv ādi lopo bhavati staḥ santi ity atha apy anta lopo bhavati gatvā gatam iti atha apy upadhā lopo bhavati jagmatur jagmur iti atha apy upadhā vikāro bhavati rājā daṇḍī iti atha apy varṇa lopo bhavati tattvā yāmi iti atha apy dvi varṇa lopas tṛca iti atha apy ādi viparyayo bhavati jyotir ghano bindur vāṭya iti atha apy ādi anta viparyayo bhavati stokā rajjuḥ sikatās tarku iti atha apy anta vyāpattir bhavati - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.20) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.15.1) — 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 ## Discussed in (5) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.403) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.106) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, 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.v4.c27.s3.54) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2271) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c10.s3.t1.124) — Agrawala 1953, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.1) · Pramāṇa