[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) › 3.19 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.19 Nirukta 3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.19) arcati karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p catuścatvāriṃśat/\[318\] medhāvi nāmāny uttarāni caturviṃśatih/\[318\] medhāvī kasmāt,.medhayā tad vān bhavati,.medhā mati7.dhīyate/\[318\] stotṛ nāmāny uttarāni trayodaśa/\[318\] stotā stavanāt/\[318\] yajña nāmāny uttarāni pañcadaśa/\[318-319\] yajñaḥ kasmāt,.prakhyātam yajatir karma iti nairuktā yācno bhavati iti vā yajr unnas bhavati iti vā bahu kṛsna ajina ity aupamanyavo yajūṃsy enam nayati iti vā/\[319\] ṛtvij nāmāny uttarāny astau/\[319\] rtvij kasmāt,.īranah,.ṛc yastā bhavati iti śākapūnir,.ṛtu yājī bhavati iti vā/\[319\] yācnā karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p saptadaśa/\[319\] dāna karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p daśa/\[319\] adhyesanā karmāṇa uttare dhātu1p catvārah/\[319\] svapitis asti iti dvau svapiti karmāṇau/\[319\] kūpa nāmāny uttarāni caturdaśa/\[319\] kūpaḥ kasmāt,.kupānam bhavati kupyater vā/\[319\] stena nāmāny uttarāni caturdaśa eva/\[319\] stenaḥ kasmāt,.saṃstyānam asmin pāpakam iti nairuktāh/\[319\] nirṇīta antarhita nāmadheyāny uttarāni sas1/\[319\] nirṇītam kasmāt,.nirṇiktam bhavati/\[319\] dūra nāmāny uttarāni pañca/\[319\] dūram kasmād drutam bhavati durayam vā/\[319\] purāna nāmāny uttarāni sas1/\[319\] purānam kasmāt,.purā navam bhavati/\[319\] nava nāmāny uttarāni sas1.eva/\[319\] navam kasmād ānītam bhavati/\[319\] - [Previous: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.18) - [Next: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.20) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.45.1) — 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 ## Discussed in (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.118) — Kane 1930, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.19) · Pramāṇa