[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) › 2.5 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.5 Nirukta 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.5) atha ato anukramiṣyāmah/ gaur iti pṛthivyā nāmadheyam,.yad dūram gatā bhavati/(2,5) yac ca asyām bhūtāni gacchanti/(2,5) gāter vā au kāro nāma karaṇah/(2,5) atha api paśu nāma iha bhavaty etasmād eva/(2,5)\[177\] atha apy asyām tāddhitena kṛtsnavat nigamā bhavanti/(2,5).\[used in a derivative sense\] \`\`gobhiḥ śrīnīta matsaram/''.iti payasah/(2,5)\[177\] matsaraḥ somo mandates tṛpti karmaṇah/(2,5) matsara iti lobha nāma abhimatta enena dhanam bhavati/(2,5)\[177\] payas pibater vā pyāyater vā/(2,5) kṣīram kṣarater ghaser vā īro nāma karaṇah,.uśīram iti yathā/(2,5)\[177\] \`\`aṃśum duhanto adhyāsate gavi''.ity adhisavana carṇamah/(2,5) aṃśuḥ śam aṣṭa mātro bhavaty,.ananāya śam bhavati iti ca/(2,5) carma carater vā uccṛttam bhavati iti vā/ atha api carma ca ślesmā ca/ \`\`gobhiḥ samnaddho asi vīlayasva''.iti ratha stuti7/(2,5)\[177\] atha api snāva ca ślesmā ca/''.gobhiḥ samnaddhā patati prasūtā''.iti iṣu stuti7/(2,5) jyā api gaur ucyate/(2,5) gavyā cet tādhitam,.atha cet na gavyā gamayati isūn iti/2,5/ - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.6) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.18.4) — 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.17.6) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.863) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.5) · Pramāṇa