[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) › 3.17 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.17 Nirukta 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.17) \`\`priyamedhavad atrivat jātavedo virūpavat/ aṅgirasvat mahivrata praskanvasya śrudhī havam/''.\[314\] priyamedhaḥ priyā asya medhā yathā eteṣām ṛsīnām evam praskanvasya śṛṇu hvānam/\[314\] praskanvaḥ kanvasya putraḥ kanva prabhavo yathā prāgram/\[314\] arcisi bhṛguḥ sambabhūva/\[314\]. bhṛgur bhṛjyamāno na dehe/\[314\] aṅgāreṣv aṅgiras1/\[314\] aṅgārā aṅkanā añcanāh/\[314\] atra eva tṛtīyam ṛcchate ity ūcus tasmād atrir na traya iti/\[314\] vikhananād vaikhānasas,.bharanād bhāradvājas,.virūpo nānā rūpas,.mahivrato mahā vrata iti/\[314\] - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.18) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.44.1) — 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.39.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [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.v1.c9.s19.10) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t7.104) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3126) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.17) · Pramāṇa