[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) › 3.20 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.20 Nirukta 3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.20) dviśa.\[in pairṣ\].uttarāni nāmāni/\[324\] pravitve abhīka ity āsannasya,.prapitve prapte,.abhīke abhyakte/\[324\] \`\`āpitve naḥ prapitve tūyamā gahi/''.\`\`.abhīke cid u loka kṛt/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/\[324\] dabhram arbhakam ity alpasya/\[324\] dabhram dabhroteḥ sudambham bhavaty,.arbhakam avahṛtam bhavati/\[324\] \`\`upa upa me parā mṛśa mā me dabhrāni manyathāh/''.\`\`.namo mahadbhyo namo arbhaka4bhyah/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/\[325-325\] tiras sataḥ iti prāptasya/\[325\] tiras tīrṇam bhavati,.satas saṃsṛtam bhavati/\[325\] \`\`tiraścid aryayā pari vartir yātam adābhyā/''.\`\`.pātrā iva bhindant sata eti rakṣasah/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/\[325\] tvo nema ity ardhasya/\[325\] tvo apatatas,.nemo apanītas/\[325\] ardham harater viparītād dhārayater vā syād uddhṛtam bhavaty ṛghnoter vā syād ṛddhatamas vibhāgah/\[325\] \`\`pīyati tvo anu tvo gṛṇāti/''.\`\`.neme devā neme asurāh/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/\[325\] ṛkṣāḥ stṛbhir iti nakṣatrānām/\[325\] nakṣatrāni nakṣater gati karmaṇas,.na imāni kṣatrāni iti ca brāhmaṇam,.ṛkṣā udīrṇāni iva khyāyante/\[325\] \`\`amī ya ṛkṣā nihitāasa uccā/''.\`\`.paśyanto dyām iva stṛbhih/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/\[325-326\] vaṃrībhir upajihvikā iti sīmikānām,.vaṃrī o vamanāt,.sīmikā syamanād upajihvikā upajighri ah/\[326\] \`\`vaṃrībhiḥ putram agruvas adānam/''.\`\`.yad atty upajihvikā yad vaṃro atisarpati/''.ity api nigamau bhavatah/ ūrdaram kṛdaram ity āvapanasya ūrdaram udīrṇam bhavaty ūrje dīrṇam vā/\[326\] \`\`tam ūrdaram na pṛṇatā yanena/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[326\] tam ūrdaram iva pūrayati yanena/ kṛdaram kṛtadaram bhavati/\[326\] \`\`samiddho añjan kṛdaram matīnām/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[327\] - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.47.3) — 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.41.4) — 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.v6.c82.160) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.9) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t3.345) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4358) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s14.25) — Agrawala 1953, English - [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c13.s1.3) — Tilak 1903, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.20) · Pramāṇa