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# Yāska's Nirukta 7.26

Nirukta 7.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.26)

\`\`apām upasthe mahisā agṛbhnata viśo rājānam upa tasthur ṛgmiyam/  
ā dūto agnim abharad vivasvato vaiśvānaram mātariśvā parāvatah/''.\[827\]  
apām upastha upasthāne mahaty antarikṣa loka āsīnā mahānta iti vā/\[827\]  
agṛhṇata mādhyamikā deva ganā,.viśa iva rājānam upatasthur/\[827\].  
ṛgmiyam ṛgmantam iti vā arcanīyam iti vā pūjanīyam iti vā/\[827\]  
āharad yam dūto devānām vivasvata ādityād,.vivasvān vivāsanavān,.preritavataḥ parāgatād vā asya agner vaiśvānarasya mātariśvānam āhartāram āha/\[827\]  
mātariśvan1.vāyur mātṛ7.antarikṣe śvasiti mātṛ7.āśvaniti iti vā/\[827\]  
atha enam etābhyām sarvāṇi stauti/\[827\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.188.1.2) — 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 (2)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7142) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s2.t2.8) — Macdonell 1897, English

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.26) · Pramāṇa
