[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) › 9.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 9.4 Nirukta 9.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.4) kanikradat janusam prabruvāna iyarti vācam ariteva nāvam/ sumaṅgalaś ca śakuni8.bhavāsi mā tvā kācid abhibhā viśvyā vidat/''. nyakrandīt janma prabruvāno yathā asya śabdas tathā nāma īrayati vācam īrayitā iva nāvam/ sumaṅgalaś ca śakuni8.bhava,.kalyāṇa maṅgalah/ maṅgalam nirater gṛṇāti arthe,.giraty anarthān iti vā/ aṅgalam aṅgavat/ majjayati pākapam iti nairuktāh/ mām gacchatv iti vā/ mā ca tvā kācid abhibhūtiḥ sarvato vidat/ gṛtsamadam artham abhy utthitam kapiñjalo abhivavāśe/ tad abhivādinī eṣā rc bhavati/ - [Previous: 9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.3) - [Next: 9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.5) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9) ## Commentaries (3) - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, 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.3.4) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.177.2-5) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c89.45) — Kane 1930, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5539) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.4) · Pramāṇa