[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) › 7.8 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.8 Nirukta 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.8) tisra eva devatā ity uktam purastāt,.tāsām bhakti sāhacaryam vyākhyāsyāmah/\[765\].\[asaṃvijñāta devatā pade mantre bhakti ā sāhacaryena vā yathā devatā gamyeta ity evam artham bhakti sāhacaryam ucyate ḍ.765\] atha etāny agni bhaktīny.-.ayam lokaḥ prātaḥ savanam vasanto gāyatrī trivṛt stomas..rathantaram sāma ye ca deva ganāḥ samāmnātāḥ prathame sthāne/\[765\] agnāyī pṛthivī īḷā iti striyah/\[765\].($) atha asya karma vahanaṃś ca havisām āvāhanaṃś ca devatānām yac ca kiṃcid dārṣti visayikam agni karma eva tat/\[765\].\[yat samyogād asaty apy agni śabde āgneya eva mantro bhavati ḍ.766\] atha asya saṃstavikā devāḥ.\[yaiḥ saha agniḥ stūyate,.tad yathā ḍ.767\].indraḥ somo varuṇaḥ parjanya ṛtu1p āgnāvaisnavam havis/\[765\] na tv ṛc saṃstavikī daśatayīsu vidyate/\[765\] atha apy āgnāpausnam havis na tu saṃstavah,.tatra etām vibhakti stutim ṛcam udāharanti/\[765\] - [Previous: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.7) - [Next: 7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.9) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.172.2.1) — 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.150.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.99) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.8) · Pramāṇa