[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Yāska's Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › 5.8 # Yāska's Nirukta 5.8 Nirukta 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.8) \`\`kim it te visno paricakṣyam bhūt pra yad vavakṣe śipivisto asmi/ mā varpo asmad apa gūha etad yad anyarūpaḥ samithe babhūtha/''. kim te visnu8'aprakhyātam etad bhavaty aprakhyāpanīyam yan naḥ prabrūse śepa iva nirvestitas asmi ity apratipanna raśmih/ api vā praśaṃsā nāma eva abhipretam syāt kim te visnu8.prakhyātam etad bhavati prakhyāpanīyam yad uta prabrūse śipivistas asmi iti pratipanna raśmih/ śipi1p'atra raśmi1p ucyante tair āvisto bhavati/ mā varpo asmad apa gūha etat/ varpas ity rūpa nāma vṛṇoti iti satah/ yad anya rupaḥ samithe saṃgrāme bhavasi samyata raśmih/ tasya uttarā bhuyase nirvacanāya/ - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.9) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.88.38) — 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 (2) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v4.c28.42) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5130) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.8) · Pramāṇa