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# Yāska's Nirukta 2.22

Nirukta 2.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.22)

\`\`devānām mānā7.prathamā atiṣṭhan kṛṇtatrād eṣām uparā udāyan/  
trayas tapanti pṛthivīm anūpā dvā bṛbūkam vahataḥ purīsam/''  
devānām nirmāne prathamā atiṣṭhan mādhyamakā deva ganāh/  
prathama iti mukhya nāma,.pratamas bhavati/  
kṛṇtatram antarikṣam vikartanam meghānām/  
vikartanena meghānām udakam jāyate/  
trayas tapanti pṛthivīm anūpāh/  
parjanyo vāyur ādityaḥ śīta usna varṣair oṣashīḥ pācayanti,.anūpā anuvapanti lokānt svena svena karmaṇā/  
ayam api itaro anūpa etasmād eva anūpyata udakena,.api vā.\[āpnoteh\].anvāp iti syād yathā prāk iti/  
tasya anūpa iti syād yathā prācīnam iti/  
dvā bṛbūkam bahataḥ purīsam/  
vāyu ādityā udakam/  
bṛbūkam ity udaka nāma,.bravīter vā śabda karmaṇo bhraṃśater vā/  
purīsam pṛṇāteḥ pūrayater vā/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.26.5) — 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.24.5.p1) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t8.25) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4009) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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