[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) › 3.18 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.18 Nirukta 3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.18) atha lupta upamāny artha upamāni ity ācakṣate/\[315\] siṃho vyāghra iti pūjāyām,.śvā kāla iti kutsāyām/ kāka iti śabda anukṛtis tad idam śakunisu bahulam/\[315-316\] na śabda anukṛtir vidyata ity aupamanyavah,.kāka upakālayitavyas bhavati/\[316\] tittiris taranāt tila mātra citra iti vā/\[316\] kapir iva jīrṇaḥ kapir iva javata īsat piṅgalo vā kamanīyam śabdam piñjayati iti vā/\[316\] śvā āśu yāyī,.śavater vā gati karmaṇah,.śvasiter vā/\[316\] siṃhaḥ sahanādd hiṃser vā syāt viparītasya,.sam pūrvasya vā hanteḥ saṃhāya hanti iti vā/\[316\] vyāghro vhyāghrānād vyādāya hanti iti vā/\[316\] - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.44.6) — 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.39.7) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v2.c7.37) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s7.40) — Keith 1925, English - [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c11.s3.43) — Agrawala 1953, English - [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c6.28) — Kane 1951, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.18) · Pramāṇa