[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) › 2.28 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.28 Nirukta 2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.28) \`\`uta sya vājī kṣipanim turanyati grīvāyām baddho apikakṣa āsani/ kratum dadhikrā anu saṃtavītvat pathām aṅkāṃsy anvāpanīphanat/'' api sa,.vājī vejanavān,.kṣepanam anu,.tūrṇam aśnute adhvānam,.grīvāyām baddhas,.grīvā girater vā gṛṇāter vā gṛhṇāter vā,.apikakṣa āsani iti vyākhyātam/ kratum dadhikrāḥ karma vā prajñām vā anusaṃtavītvat/ tanoteḥ pūrvayā prakṛti ā nigamah/ pathām aṅkāṃsi pathām kutilāni,.panthāḥ patater vā padyater vā panthater vā/ aṅko añcater āpanīphanat iti phanateś carkarīta vṛttam/ daśa uttarāny ādista upayojanāni ity ācakṣate sāhacarya jñānāya/ jvalati karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p ekādaśa/ tāvanty eva uttarāni jvalato nāmadheyāni nāmadheyāni/ - [Previous: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.27) - [Next: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.29.7) — 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.27.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2267) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c10.s3.t1.95) — Agrawala 1953, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.28) · Pramāṇa