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# Yāska's Nirukta 3.5

Nirukta 3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.5)

\`\`abhrātā iva puṃsa eti pratīcī gartārug iva sanaye dhanānām/  
jāyā iva patya uśatī suvāsā usā hasrā iva nirinīte apsah/''.\[257\]  
abhrātṛkā iva puṃsaḥ pitṝṇ ety abhimukhī saṃtāna karmane pinda dānāya na patim garta ārohinī iva dhana lābhāya dākṣinājī/\[1\257\]  
gartaḥ sabhā sthānur,.gṛṇāteḥ satya saṃgaro bhavati,.tam tatra yā aputrā sā ārohati tām tatra akṣair āghnanti sā riktham labhate/\[257-258\]  
śmaśāna sañcayo api garta ucyate puruter apagūrṇo bhavati/\[258\]  
śmaśānam śmaśamanam śma śarīram śarīram śṛṇāteḥ śamnāter vā/\[258\]  
śmaśru loma śmani śritam bhavati/  
loma lunāter vā līyater vā/\[258\]  
\`\`na uparasya āviskuryād yad uparasya āviskuryād gartesthāḥ syāt pramāyuko yajamāna''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[258\]  
ratho api garta ucyate gṛṇāteḥ stuti karmaṇah/\[258\]  
stutatamam yānam/''.ā rohatho varuṇa mitra gartam''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[258\]  
jāyā iva pati e kāmayamānā suvāsā ṛtu kālesu usā hasanā iva dantān vivṛṇute rūpānī iti catasra upamāh/\[258\]  
\`\`na abhrātrīm upayaccheta tokam hy asya tad bhavati''.ity abhrātṛkāyā upayamana pratiṣedhaḥ pratyakṣah/\[258\]  
pitṛ6.ca putrabhāvam/\[258\]  
pitā yatra duhitṛ6.aprattāyā retas sekam prārjayati saṃdadhāty ātmānam saṃgamena manasā iti/\[258\]  
atha etām jāmyā riktha pratiṣedha udāharanti jyestham putrikāyā ity eke/\[258\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.2) — 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.30.3) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (7)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s2.14) — Kane 1930, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.334) — 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.v5.c45.12) — Muir 1858, English
- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1885) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2776) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c14.s2.42) — Altekar 1938, English
- [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.717) — Jolly & Ghosh 1896, English

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