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# Yāska's Nirukta 9.26

Nirukta 9.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.26)

\`\`imam me gaṅgā8.yamunā8.sarasvatī8.śutudrī8.stomam sacatā parusnyā/  
asikhī3.marudvṛdhā8.vitastayā ārjīkīyā8.śṛṇuhy ā susomayā/''.  
imam me gaṅgā8.yamunā8.sarasvatī8.śutudrī8.parusnī8.stomam āsevadhvam/  
asiknī3.ca saha marudvṛdhā8,.vitastayā ca ārjīkīyā8.āśṛṇuhi susomayā ca iti samasta arthah/  
atha eka pada niruktam/  
gaṅgā gamanāt/  
yamunā prayuvatī gacchati iti vā,.praviyutam gacchati iti vā/  
sarasvatī/  
saras ity udaka nāma/  
sartes tadvatī\[ricḥ in water\]/  
śutudrī,.śudrāvinī,.kṣipra drāvinī āśu tunnā iva dravatī iti vā/  
irāvatīm parusnī ity āhuh,.parvavatī bhasvatīkutila gāminī/  
asiknī aśuklā asitā/  
sitam iti varṇa nāma,.tat,pratiṣedhas asitam/  
marudvṛdhāḥ sarvā nadyas,.maruta enā vardhayanti/  
vitastā avidagdhā/  
vivṛddhā mahā kulāh/(9,26  
ārjīkīiyām vipāś ity āhur ṛjīka prabhavā vā ṛju gāminī vā/  
vipāś vipātanād vā/  
vipāśanād vā/  
viprāpanād vā/  
pāśā asyām vyapāśyanta vasisthasya mumūrṣatah/  
tasmād vipāś ucyate,.pūrvam āsīd uruṃjirā/  
susomā sindhur yad enām ahbipprasuvanti nadī ah/  
sindhuḥ syandanāt/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.216.1) — 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 (2)

- [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.3.26) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.193.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (5)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.568) — Kane 1930, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.264) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v5.c53.8) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1446) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Historical Geography of Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.law-1954.c6.731) — Law 1954, English

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