[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) › 2.23 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.23 Nirukta 2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.23) vāc nāmāny uttarāni sapta pañcāśat/ vāc kasmād,.vaceh/ tatra sarasvatī ity etasya nadīvad devatāvat ca nigamā bhavanti tad yad devatāvad uparistāt tad vyākhyāsyāmah/ atha etat nadīvat/ - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.28.3) — 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.v5.c74.19) — Kane 1930, 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.v5.c53.6) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3132) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mukhopadhyaya-1923.v1.c10.s3.1) — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English - [Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.prajnanananda-1960.c8.24) — Prajnanananda 1960, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.23) · Pramāṇa