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# Yāska's Nirukta 8.19

Nirukta 8.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.19)

\`\`devebhyo vanaspati8.havis2p hiranya parṇa pradivaste artham/  
pradakṣiṇi draśanayā niyūya ṛtasya vakṣi pathibhīi rajisthaih/''.  
deva5bhyo vanaspati8.havis2p,.hiranya parṇa ṛta parṇā api vā upamā arthe syādd hiranya varṇa parṇā iti/  
pradivas te artham purānas te sas artho yam te pravrūmah/  
yajñasya vaha pathibhī rajisthair ṛtutamai rajasvalatamaih/  
prapistatamair iti vā/  
tasya eṣā aparā bhavati/

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## Commentaries (4)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.198.2) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.198.2) — 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

## Linked texts (3)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2535) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.srautakosa.4.p196) — Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.172.2-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.19) · Pramāṇa
