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# Yāska's Nirukta 6.6

Nirukta 6.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.6)

\`\`kārur aham tato bhiṣag upalaprakṣiṇī nanā/  
nānādhiyo vasūyavo anu gā iva tasthimendrāya indro pari srava/(ṛV.9,112,3)''  
kārur aham asmi kartā stomānām tato bhiṣak/  
tata iti saṃtāna nāma pitur vā putrasya vā/  
upala prakṣiṇī saktukārikā/  
nanā namater mātā vā duhitā vā/  
nānādhiyo nānākarmāṇo vasūyavo vasukāmā anvāsthitāḥ smo gāva iva lokam/  
indrāyendro pari srava ity adhyeṣaṇā/  
\`\`āsīna ūrdhvām upasi kṣiṇāti/''  
upasthe/  
prakalavid vaṇig bhavati kalāś ca veda prakalāś ca/  
\`\`durmitrāsaḥ prakalavinmimānāh''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
abhyardhayajvā abhyardhayan yajati/  
\`\`siṣakti pūṣā abhyardhayajvā''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
īkṣa īśiṣe/  
\`\`īkṣe hi vasva ubhayasya rājan''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
kṣoṇasya kṣayaṇasya/  
\`\`mahaḥ kṣoṇasyāśvinā kaṇvāya''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.119.1) — 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.104.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (4)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.24) — Kane 1930, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.281) — 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.v5.c55.16) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.657) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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