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# Yāska's Nirukta 5.26

Nirukta 5.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.26)

\`\`prīṇīta aśvān hitam jayātha svasti vāham rathamit kṛṇudhvam/  
droṇāhāvam avatam aśma cakram aṃsatra kośam siñcatā nṛpāṇam/(ṛV.10,101,7)''  
prīṇīta aśvān suhitam jayatha jayanam vo hitam astu svasti vāhanam ratham kurudhvam/  
droṇāhāvam droṇam drumamayam bhavaty āhāva āhvānād āvaha āvahanāt/  
avato avātito mahān bhavaty aśma cakram aśana cakram asana cakram iti vā aṃsatra kośam aṃsatrāṇi vaḥ kośa sthānīyāni santu/  
kośaḥ kuṣṇāter vikuṣito bhavaty/  
ayam api itaraḥ kośa etasmād eva saṃcaya ācitamātro mahān bhavati/  
siñcata nṛpāṇam nara pāṇam kūpa karmaṇā saṃgrāmam upamimīte/  
kākudam tālv ity ācakṣate jihvā kokuvā sāsmin dhīyate jihvā kokuvā kokūyamānā varṇān nudati iti vā kokūyater vā syāc śabda karmaṇah/  
jihvā johuvā/  
tālu tarates tīrṇatamam aṅgam latater vā syād lamba karmaṇo viparītād yathā talam latety aviparyayah/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.110.1) — 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.94.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.667) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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