[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) › 2.9 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.9 Nirukta 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.9) \`\`ayam sa śiṅkte yena gaur abhīvṛtā mimāti māyum dhvaṃsana avadhi śritā/ sā cittibhir na hi cakāra marttyam vidyut bhavantī prati vavrim auhata/''.(2,9)\[192\] ayam sa śabdāyate yena gaur abhipravṛttā mimāti māyum śabdam karoti māyum iva ādityamiti vā/ vāc eṣā mādhyamikā dhvaṃsane meghe adhiśritā/ sā cittibhiḥ karmabhir nīcair nikaroti martttyam vidyut bhavantī pratyūhate vavrim/ vavrir iti rūpa nāma vṛṇoti iti satah/ varṣena pracchādya pṛthivīm tat punar ādatte/2,9/\[192\] - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.10) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.19.1.2) — 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.18.1-3) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.800) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s10.74) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.9) · Pramāṇa