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# Yāska's Nirukta 3.13

Nirukta 3.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.13)

bahu nāmāny uttarāni dvādaśa/  
bahu kasmāt prabhavati iti satah/\[290\]  
hrasva nāmāny uttarāny ekādaśa/  
hrasvo hrasateh/\[290\]  
mahat nāmāny uttarāni pañca viṃśatih/\[290\]  
mahān kasmāt,.mānena anyān jahāti iti śākapūnir mahanīyas bhavati iti vā/\[290\]  
tatra vavakṣitha vivakṣasa ity ete vakter vā vahater vā sābhyāsāt/\[290\]  
gṛha nāmāny uttarāni dvāviṃśatih/\[290\]  
gṛhāḥ kasmād gṛhṇanti iti satām/\[290\]  
paricarana karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p daśa/\[290\]  
sukha nāmāny uttarāni viṃśatih/\[290\]  
sukham kasmāt,.suhitam kha4bhyaḥ kham punaḥ khanateh/\[290\]  
rūpa nāmāny uttarāni sodaśa/  
rupam rocateh/\[290\]  
praśasya nāmāny uttarāni daśa/\[290\]  
prajñā nāmāny uttarāny ekādaśa/\[290\]  
satya nāmāny uttarāni sas1/  
satyam kasmāt,.satsu tāyate tat prabhavam bhavati iti vā/\[290\]  
astā uttarāni padāni paśyati karmāṇah/\[290\]  
uttare dhātu1p cāyati prabhṛtīni ca nāmāny āmiśrāni/\[290\].(($).Cf..ṇir.11,5,.)  
nava uttarāni padāni sarva pada samāmnāyāya/\[290\]  
atha ata upamāh/  
yad atat tat sadṛśam iti gārgya,.tad āsām karma.\[sa āsām upamānām arthaḥ ḍ.295\]/\[290\]  
jyāyasā vā gunena prakhyātatamena vā kanīyāṃsam vā aprakhyātam vā upamimīte/\[290\]  
atha api kanīyasā jyāyāṃsam/\[291\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.42.1) — 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 (1)

- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.37.12) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (6)

- [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
- [Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v3.c23.34) — Acharya 1927, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.226) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [History of Classical Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.krishnamachariar-1937.c13.4) — Krishnamachariar 1937, English
- [A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.dasgupta-de-1947.c10.s2.5) — Dasgupta & De 1947, English
- [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c25.s1.3) — Keith 1920, English

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