[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) › 2.24 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.24 Nirukta 2.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.24) \`\`iyam śusmebhir bisakhā iva arujat sānu girīnām tavisebhir ūrmibhih/ pārāvataghnīm avase suvṛktibhiḥ sarasvatīm iva asema dhītibhih/'' iyam śusmaiḥ śosanaiḥ śusmam iti bala nāma,.śosayati iti sato/ bisam biṣyater bhedana karmaṇo vṛddhi karmaṇo vā/ sānu samuchritam bhavati samunnunnam iti vā/ mahat bhir ūrmibhih/ pārāvataghnīm pārāvāraghātinīm,.pāram param bhavaty avāram avaram avanāya supravṛktibhiḥ śobhanābhiḥ stutibhiḥ sarasvatīm nadīm karmabhiḥ paricarema/ udaka nāmāny uttarāny ekaśatam/ udakam kasmāt,.unatti iti satah/ nadī nāmāny uttarāni sapta triṃśat/ nadī aḥ kasmāt,.nadanā imā bhavanti śabdavatyah/ bahulam āsām naighaṇṭukam vṛttam āścaryam iva prādhānyena/ tatra itihāsam ācakṣate,.viśvāmitra ṛṣiḥ sudāsaḥ paijavanasya purohito babhūba/ viśvāmitraḥ sarva mitraḥ sarvam saṃsṛtam,..sudās kalyāṇa dānah,.paijavanaḥ pijavanasya putrah,.pijavanaḥ punaḥ spardhanīya javo vā amiśrībhāva gatir vā/ sa votta,.gṛhītvā vipāṭ śutudrī oḥ sambhedam āyayāv anuyayur itare/ sa viśvāmitro nadīs tustāva,.gādhā bhavata ity api dvivat api bahuvat tad yad dvivat uparistāt tad vyākhyāsyāmo atha etad bahuvat/ - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.28.4) — 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.25.6) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (6) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c21.s14.37) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.881) — 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.v1.c9.s8.1) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.806) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7553) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mehta-1939.c3.s1.t1.82) — Mehta 1939, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.24) · Pramāṇa