[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) › 3.1 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.1 Nirukta 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.1) karma nāmāny uttarāni sadviṃśatih/ karma kasmāt,.kriyata iti satah/ apatya nāmāny uttarāni pañcadaśa/ apatyam kasmād,.apatatam bhavati na anena patati iti vā/ tad yathā janayitṛ6.prajā evam arthīye ṛcā udāhariṣyāmah/ - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.28) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.1.1) — 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 (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t1.116) — Kane 1930, English - [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c5.s1.40) — Kane 1951, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.1) · Pramāṇa