[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) › 2.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.3 Nirukta 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.3) rājñaḥ puruṣo rāja puruṣaḥ rājā rājateḥ puruṣaḥ puri ṣādaḥ puri śayaḥ pūrayater vā pūrayaty antar ity antara puruṣam abhipretya \`\`yasmāt param na aparam asti kiṃcid yasmān na aṇīyo na jyāyo asti kaścit.''.(ṭA.10,10,3;.ṃu.10,4) \`\`vṛkṣa iva stabdho divi tiṣṭhaty ekas tena idam pūrṇam puruṣeṇa sarvam.''.(ṭA.10,10,3;.ṃu.10,4;.ṆU.21-9).ity api nigamo bhavati viścakadrākarṣo vi iti cakadra iti śva gatau bhāṣyate drāti iti gati kutsanā kadrāti iti drāti kutsanā cakadrāti kadrāti iti sato anarthako abhyāsas tad asminn asti iti viścakadraḥ kalyāṇa varṇa rūpaḥ kalyāṇa varṇasya iva asya rūpam kalyāṇam kamanīyam bhavati varṇo vṛṇoteḥ rūpam rocateḥ evam taddhita samāsān nirbrūyāt na eka padāni nirbrūyāt na avaiyākaraṇāya na anupasannāya anidaṃvide vā nityam hy avijñātur vijñāne asūyā upasannāya tu nirbrūyād yo vā alam vijñātum syān medhānine tapasvine vā - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.17.1) — 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 (6) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s5.10) — P. V. Kane, 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.c54.89) — John Muir, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7123) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.shukla-1960.v1.c48.s4.11) — D. N. Shukla, English - [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v1.c6.6) — Stella Kramrisch, English - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.16.2-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.3) · Pramāṇa