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# Yāska's Nirukta 2.27

Nirukta 2.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.27)

\`\`ā te kāras śṛṇavāmā vacāṃsi yayātha dūrād anasā rathena/  
ni te naṃsai pīpyānā iva yoṣā maryāyā iva kanyā śaśvacai te/''  
āśṛṇavāma te kāro vacanāni,.yāhi dūrād anasā ca rathena ca,.ninamāma te pāyayamānā iva yoṣā putram,.maryāyā iva kanyā parisvajanāya ninamā iti vā/  
aśva nāmāny uttarāni sadviṃśatih/  
teṣām astā uttarāni bahuvat/  
aśvaḥ kasmād,.aśnute adhvānam,.mahā aśano bhavati iti vā/  
tatra dadhikrā ity etad dadhatkrāmati iti vā dadhat krandati iti vā dadhad ākārī bhavati($).iti vā/  
tasya aśvavad devatāvat ca nigamā bhavanti/  
tad yad devatāvad uparistāt tad vyākhyāsyāmo atha etad aśvavat/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.26.7) — Yāska, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvādasūkta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.sukta.jnanasamvada.samvadasukta.4.10) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [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.s7.9) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.978) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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