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# Yāska's Nirukta 9.6

Nirukta 9.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.6)

\`\`saṃvatsaram śaśayānā brāhmaṇā vrata cārinah/  
vācam parjanya jinvitām pra mandūkā avādisuh/''.  
saṃvatsaram śiśyānā brāhmaṇā vrata cārinas abruvānāh/  
api vā upamā arthe syād brāhmaṇā iva vrata cārina iti/  
vācam parjanya prītām prāvādisur mandūkāh/  
vasistho varṣa kāmaḥ parjanyam tustāva/  
tam mandūkā anvamodanta/  
sa mandūkān anumodamānān dṛṣṭvā tustāva/  
tad abhivādinī eṣā ṛc bhavati/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.203.1.3) — 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.3.6) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.177.2-6) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (4)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.58) — Kane 1930, 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.v1.c8.s1.128) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6816) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.dasgupta-de-1947.c10.s2.5) — Dasgupta & De 1947, English

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