[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) › 8.20 # Yāska's Nirukta 8.20 Nirukta 8.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.20) \`\`vanaspate raśanayā niyūya pistamayā vayunāni vidvān vaha devatrā didhiso havīṃsi pra ca dātāram amṛteṣu vocah/''. vanaspati8.raśanayā niyūya surūpatamayā/ vayunāni vidvān prajñānāni prajānan vaha devān yajñe dātṛ6.havis2p/ prabrūhi ca dātāram amṛteṣu deveṣu/ svāhā kṛtayah/ svāhā ity etet su āha iti vā/ svā svāc āha iti vā/ svam prāha iti vā/ svāhutam havis juhoti iti vā/ tāsām eṣā bhavati/ - [Previous: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.19) - [Next: 8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.21) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8) ## Commentaries (4) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.199.1) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.199.1) — 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 (3) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6645) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.1.20) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.172.1-5) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.20) · Pramāṇa