[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) › 8.8 # Yāska's Nirukta 8.8 Nirukta 8.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.8) \`\`ājuhvāna īdyo vandyaś cā yājy agne vasubhiḥ sajosāh/ tvam devānām asi hayva hotā sa enān yakṣi isito yajīyān/''. āhūyamāna īḷitavyo vanditavyaś ca āyāhy agni8.vasubhiḥ saha josanas tvam devānām asi yahva hotā/ yahva iti mahato nāmadheyam/ yātaś ca hūtaś ca bhavati/ sa enān yakṣi isito yajīyān/ isitaḥ presita iti vā adhīsta iti vā/ yajīyān yastṛtarah/ barhis paribarhanāt/ tasya eṣā bhavati/ - [Previous: 8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.7) - [Next: 8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.9) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.191.2) — 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.165.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3641) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.8) · Pramāṇa