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# Yāska's Nirukta 4.13

Nirukta 4.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.13)

\`\`īrma antāsaḥ silika madhyamāsaḥ sam śūranāso divyāso atyāh/  
haṃsā iva śreniśo yatante yadā ākṣisur divyam ajmam aśvāh/''\[376\]  
īrma antāḥ samīrita antāḥ susamīrita antāḥ pṛthu antā vā/\[377\]  
silika madhyamāḥ saṃsṛta madhyamāḥ śīrṣa madhyamā vā,.api vā śiras ādityo bhavati yad anuśete sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhye ca eṣām tiṣṭhati idam api itarat śiras etasmād eva samāśritāny etad indriyāni bhavanti/\[377\]  
saṃśūranāso divyāso atyāh/\[377\]  
śūraḥ śavater gati karmaṇas,.divyā divijā,.atyā atanāh/\[377\]  
hansā iva śreniśas yantante/  
haṃsā hanter ghnanty adhvānam śreniśa iti śreniḥ śrayateḥ samāśritā bhavanti/\[377\]  
yadā ākṣisur yad āpan divyam ajmam ajanimājim aśvāh/\[377\]  
asty āditya stutir aśvasya ādityād aśvo nistasta iti/\[377\]  
\`\`śūrād aśvam vasavo niratsta/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[377\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.58.1) — 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 (3)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3690) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7926) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c41.s7.40) — Keith 1925, English

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