[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) › 2.8 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.8 Nirukta 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.8) \`\`ya īm cakāra na so asya veda ya īm dadarśa hiruginnu tasmāt/ sa mātur yonā parivīto antarbahuprajā nirṛtim āviveśa/''.bahu prajāḥ kṛcchram āpadyata iti parivrājakā varṣa karmā iti nairuktāh/(2,8)\[188\] ya īm cakāra iti karoti kiratī saṃdigdhau varṣa karmaṇā/ na so asya veda madhyamah/ sa eva asya veda madhyamo yo dadarśa āditya upahitam sa mātṛ6.yoni7.mātṛ antarikṣam nirmīyante asmin bhūtāni yonir antarikṣam mahān avayavaḥ parivīto vāyunā ayam api itaro yonir etasmād eva pariyuto bhavati/ bahu prajā bhūmim āpadyate varṣa karmaṇā/(2,8)\[188-189\].($) śākapūniḥ saṃkalpayāṃś cakre sarvā devatā jānāmi iti/ tasmai devatā ubhaya liṅgā prādurbabhūva/ tām na jajñe/ tām papracha vividisāni tvā iti/ sā asmā etām ṛcam ādideśa eṣā maddevatā iti/2,8/\[189\] - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.18.1-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.243) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.467) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5298) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s11.27) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.8) · Pramāṇa