[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) › 7.16 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.16 Nirukta 7.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.16) \`\`agniḥ pūrvebhir ṛṣibhir īḍyo nūtanair uta/ sa devām eha vakṣati'' agnir yaḥ pūrvair ṛṣibhir īḷitavyo.(vanditavyo).asmābhiś ca navataraiḥ sa devān iha āvahatv iti/ sa na manyeta ayam eva agnir ity apy ete uttare jyotiṣī agnī ucyete/ tato nu madhyamah/ - [Previous: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.15) - [Next: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.17) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181.1.2) — 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 (1) - [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.s10.131) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.16) · Pramāṇa