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# Yāska's Nirukta 4.25

Nirukta 4.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.25)

\`\`atrāha gor amanvata nāma tvastur apīcyam/  
itthā candramaso gṛhe/''  
atra ha goḥ samamaṃsata āditya raśmayaḥ svam nāma apīcyam apagatam apacitam apihitam antarhitam vā amutra candramaso gṛhe/  
gātur vyākhyātah/  
\`\`gātum kṛṇavann usaso janāya/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
daṃsayaḥ karmāṇi daṃsayanty enāni/  
\`\`kutsāya manman nahyaś ca daṃsayah/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
\`\`sa tūtāva nainam aśnoty aṃhatih/''.  
sa tutāva na enam aṃhatir aśnoty aṃhatiś ca aṃhaś ca ahmuś ca hanter nirūdha upadhād viparītāt/  
\`\`bṛhaspate cayasa it piyārum/''.  
bṛhaspati8.yac cātayasi deva pīyum pīyatir hiṃsā karmā/  
viyuta1d dyāvā pṛthivī au viyavanāt/  
\`\`samānyā viyute dūre ante/''.  
samānam sammāna mātram bhavati/  
mātrā mānāt/  
dūram vyākhyātam/  
anto atateh/  
ṛdhak iti pṛthak bhāvasya pravacanam bhavaty atha apy ṛdhnoti arthe dṛśyate/  
\`\`ṛdhakayā ṛdhagutāśamisthāh/''.  
rdhnuvann ayākṣīr ṛdhnuvann aśamisthā iti ca/  
asyā iti ca asya iti ca udāttam prathama ādeśe anudāttam anvādeśe/  
tīvra arthataram udāttam alpīyo arthataram anudāttam/  
\`\`asyā ū su na upa sātaye bhuvoheḷamāno rarivām ajāśva śravasyatām ajāśva/''.  
asyai naḥ sātaya upabhava āleḷamāno akrudhyan/  
rarivān rātir abhyastah/  
ajāśva iti pūsanam āha,.ajāśvā ajā ajanāh/  
atha anudāttam/  
\`\`dīrghāyur asyā yaḥ patir jīvāti śaradaḥ śatam/''.  
dīrgha āyus asyā yaḥ patir jīvatu sa śaradaḥ śatam/  
śarad śṛtā asyām osadhayo bhavanti śīrṇā āpa iti vā/  
asya ity asyā ity etena vyākhyātam/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.74.1) — 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.65.6) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t3.101) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.533) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v2.c11.s3.20) — Kramrisch 1946, English

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