[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) › 2.7 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.7 Nirukta 2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.7) \`\`tā vām vāstūny uśmasi gamadhyai yatra gāvas bhūri śṛṇgā ayāsah/ atra āha tad uru gāyasya vṛsnaḥ paramam padam avabhāti bhūri/''.tāni vām vāstūni kāmayāmahe gamanāya yatra gāvas bhūri śṛṇgā bahu śṛṇgāh/(2,7).\[186\]. bhūri iti bahuno nāmadheyam prabhavati iti satah/(2,7).\[186\] śṛṇgam śrayater vā śṛṇāter vā śamnāter vā śaranāya udgatam ivi vā śiraso nirgatam iti vā/(2,7).\[186\] ayāso ayanāh/ tatra tad uru gāyasya visnor mahā gateḥ paramam padam parārdhyastham avabhāti bhūri/(2,7).\[186\] pādaḥ padyates tat nidhānāt padam/ paśu pāda prakṛtiḥ prabhāga pādah/ prabhāga pāda sāmānyād itarāni padāni/ evam anyesām api sattvānām saṃdehā vidyante/ tāni cet samāna karmāṇi samāna nirvacanāni,.nānā karmāṇi cet nānā nirvacanāni yathā artham nirvaktavyāni/(2,7).\[186\] iti imāny ekaviṃśatiḥ pṛthivī nāmadheyāny anukrāntāni/ tatra nirṛtir niramanād ṛcchateḥ kṛcchra āpattir itarā/ sā pṛthivyā saṃdihyate,.tayor vibhāgas tasyāḥ eṣā bhavati/2,7/\[186\] - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.8) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (4) - [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 - [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.756) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, 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.v4.c27.s3.39) — John Muir, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.832) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.533) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.18.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.7) · Pramāṇa