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# Yāska's Nirukta 2.20

Nirukta 2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.20)

\`\`ruśadvatsā ruśatī śvetyā āgād āraik u kṛsnā sadanāny asyāh/  
samāna bandhū amṛte anūcī dyāvā varṇaṃś carata āmināne/''  
ruśat vatsā sūrya vatsā,.ruśad iti varṇa nāma,.rocater jvalati karmaṇah/  
sūryam asyā vatsam āha,.sāhacaryād rasa haranād vā/  
\`\`ruśatī śvetyāgāt/''.śvetyā śvetater aricat kṛsnā sadanāy asyāḥ kṛsna varṇā rātrih/  
kṛsnam kṛsyater nikṛṣṭo varṇah/  
atha ene saṃstauti samāna bandhū samāna bandhana1d amṛta1d amarana dharmānāv,.anūcī anūcyāv iti itaretaram abhipretya,.''.dyāvā varṇaṃś caratas''.te eva dyāvau,.dyotanād/  
api vā dyāvā caratas tayā saha caratas iti syād/  
āmināne āminvāne anyonyasya adhyātmam kurvāne/  
ahar nāmāny uttarāni dvādaśa/  
ahar kasmād upāharanty asmin karmāṇi/  
tasya eṣa nipātas bhavati vaiśvānarīyāyām ṛci/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.25.1.2) — 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 (2)

- [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.24.3-3.2) — Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.24.1-3) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3132) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German

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