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# Yāska's Nirukta 4.18

Nirukta 4.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.18)

\`\`vidyāma tasya te vayam akūpārasya dāvane/''.\[400\]  
vidyāma tasya te vayam akuparanasya dānasya/\[400\]  
ādityo apy akūpāra ucyate akūpāro bhavati dūrapārah/\[400\]  
samudro apy akūpāra ucyate akūpāro bhavati mahā pārah/\[400\]  
kacchapo apy akūpāra ucyate akūpāras na kūpam ṛcchati iti/\[400\]  
kacchapaḥ kaccham pāti kacchena pāti iti vā kacchena pibati iti vā/\[400\]  
kacchaḥ khacchaḥ khacchadah/\[400\]  
ayam api itaro nadī kaccha etasmād eva kam udakam tena chādyate/\[400\]  
\`\`śiśīte śṛṇge rakṣase vinikṣe/''.\[400\]  
niśyati śṛṇge rakṣaso vinikṣanāya/\[400\]  
rakṣas rakṣitavyam asmād rahasi kṣanoti iti vā rātri7.nakṣata iti vā/\[400\]  
\`\`agniḥ sutukaḥ sutukebhir aśvaih/''.\[400\]  
sutukanaḥ sutukanair iti vā suprajāḥ suprajobhir iti vā/\[400\]  
\`\`suprāyanā asmin yajñe vi śrayantām/''.supragamanāh/\[400\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.66.1) — 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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.59.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.89) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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