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# Yāska's Nirukta 5.4

Nirukta 5.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.4)

varāho megho bhavati vara āhārah/  
\`\`varam āhāram āhārṣīr''.iti ca brāhmaṇam/  
\`\`vidhyad varāham tiro adrimastā''.ity api nigamo bhavaty ayam api itaro varāha etasmād eva/  
vṛhati mūlāni varaṃvaram mūlam vṛhati iti vā/  
\`\`varāham indra emusam''.ity api nigamo bhavati aṅgirasas api varāhā ucyante/  
\`\`brahmanaspatir vṛsabhir varāhaih/''.  
atha apy ete mādhyamikā deva ganā varāhu1p ucyante/  
\`\`paśyan hiranya cakrān ayodaṃstrān vidhāvato varāhūn/''.  
svasarāny ahāni bhavanti svayam sārīiny api vā svar ādityo bhavati..sa enāni sārayati/  
\`\`usrā iva svasarāni''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
śaryā aṅgulayo bhavanti/  
śaryā isu1p śaramayyah/  
śaraḥ śṛṇāteh/  
\`\`śaryābhir na bharamāno gabhasti or''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
arko devo bhavati yad enam arcanty arko mantro bhavati yad anena arcanty,.arkam annam bhavaty arcati bhūtāny,.arko vṛkṣo bhavati sa vṛtaḥ katukiman3/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.83.1) — 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.72.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c37.53) — Kane 1930, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6699) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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