[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) › 3.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.4 Nirukta 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.4) \`\`śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyam gād vidvān ṛtasya dīdhitim saparyan/ pitā yatra duhituḥ sekam ṛṇjant sam śagmyena manasā dadhanve/''.\[250\] praśāsti vodhā saṃtāna karmane duhitṛ6.putra bhāvam/\[250\] duhitā durhitā dūre hitā dogdher vā/\[250\] naptāram upāgamad dauhitram pautram iti/\[250\] vidvān prajanana yajñasya retaso vā aṅgāt aṅgāt sambhūtasya hṛdayād adhijātasya mātṛ7.praty ṛtasya vidhānam pūjayan/\[250-251\] aviśesena mithunāḥ putrā dāyādā iti/\[251\] tad etad ṛc ślokābhyām abhyuktam/\[251\] aṅgād aṅgāt sam bhavasi hṛdayād adhijāyase/ ātmā vai putra nāmā asi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam/ iti/\[251\] aviśesena..putrānām dāyo bhavati dharmatah/ mithunānām visarga ādi7.manuḥ svāyambhuvo abravīt/\[251\] na duhitāp iti eke/ tasmāt pumān dāyādo adāyādā strī iti vijñāyate/\[251\] tasmāt striyam jātām parāsyanti na pumāṃsam iti ca/\[251\] strīnām dāna vikraya atisargā vidyante na puṃsah/\[251\] puṃso apy eke,.śaunahśepe darśanāt/\[251\] abhrātṛmatī vāda ity aparam/\[251\] amūryā yanti jāmayaḥ sarvā lohita vāsasah/ abhrātara iva yoṣās tiṣṭhanti hata vartmanah/\[251\] abhrātṛkā iva yoṣās tiṣṭhanti saṃtāna karmane pinda dānāya hata vartmāna ity abhrātṛkāyā anirvāha aupamikah/\[252\] tasya uttarā bhūyase nirvacanāya/\[252\] - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.1.2) — 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.29.2-4) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (10) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.6) — Kane 1930, English - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c35.s1.29) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.215) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [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.c6.s4.14) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1884) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.504) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v3.c22.s5.30) — Winternitz 1905, German - [The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c9.332) — Weber 1852, English - [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c14.s1.t1.8) — Altekar 1938, English - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.820) — Jolly & Ghosh 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.4) · Pramāṇa