[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) › 6.26 # Yāska's Nirukta 6.26 Nirukta 6.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.26) \`\`yavam vṛkeṇa aśvinā vapanteṣam duhantā manuṣāya dasrā/ abhi dasyum bakureṇā dhamantoru jyotiścakrathur āryāya/(ṛV.1,117,21)'' yavam iva vṛkeṇa aśvinau nivapantau/ vṛko lāṅgalam bhavati vikartanāt/ lāṅgalam laṅgater lāṅgūlavad vā/ lāṅgūlam lagater laṅgater lambater vā/ annam duhantau manuṣyāya darśanīyāvabhidhamantau dasyum bakureṇa jyotiṣā vā udakena vā ārya īśvaraputrah/ bekanāṛāḥ khalu kusīdino bhavanti dviguṇakāriṇo vā dviguṇadāyino vā dviguṇam kāmayanta iti vā/ \`\`indro viśvānbekanāṛām ahardṛśa uta kratvā paṇīṃr abhi/'' indro yaḥ sarvān bekanāṛānahardṛśaḥ sūryadṛśo ya imāny ahāni paśyanti na parāṇīti vābhibhavati karmaṇā paṇīṃś ca vaṇijah/ - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.25) - [Next: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.27) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.151.1) — 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.133.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c19.s4.7) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.147) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [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.v2.c18.s22.9) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2379) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.26) · Pramāṇa