[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) › 7.7 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.7 Nirukta 7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.7) apuruṣa vidhā syur ity aparam/\[761\] api tu yad dṛśyate apuruṣa vidham tad,yathā agnir vāyur ādityaḥ pṛthivī candramā iti/\[761\] yatho etat cetanāvadvad hi stutayo bhavanti ity acetanāny apy evam stūyante yathā akṣa prabhṛtīny osadhi paryantāni/\[761\] yatho etat paurusa vidhikair aṅgaiḥ saṃstūyanta ity acetaneṣv apy etad bhavati/ \`\`abhi krandanti haritebhir āsabhir''.iti grāva stutih/\[761\] yatho etat paurusa vidhikair dravya samyogair ity etad api tādṛśam eva/''.sukham ratham yuyujesindhur aśvinam''.iti nadī stutih/\[761\] yatho etat paurusa vidhikaiḥ karmabhir ity etad api tādṛśam eva/''.hotuścit pūrve havis adyamāśata''.iti grāva stutir eva/\[761\] api vā ubhayavidhāḥ syur/ api vā apuruṣa vidhānām eva satām karma ātmāna ete syur,.yathā yajño yajamānasya,.eṣa ca ākhyāna samayah/\[761\].($) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.6) - [Next: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.8) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, 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.149.6) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.404) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.17) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7565) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.7) · Pramāṇa