निरुक्त (nirukta) is a Sanskrit word meaning uttered, pronounced, expressed, explained, or defined, declared for, explicitly mentioned or enjoined, containing the name of a god as a verse, distinct and loud, become manifest, fulfilled, or accomplished. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Nominal Senses: Explanation, Etymology, Textual Reference, Adjectival Senses: Spoken, Clear, Manifest, Comprehensive Entries: Adjective & Noun Senses.
निर्-उक्त (nir-ukta)n. explanation or etymological interpretation of a word, Chāndogya-upaniṣad (Title) viii, 3, 3 ; Mahābhārata (Title) i, 266 &c. [ID=109387]
Name of one of the six Vedangas, containing glossarial explanation of obscure words, especially those occurring in the Vedas.
—क्तं (ktaṃ) 2N. of one of the six Vedāṅgas, that which contains glossarial explanation of obscure words, especially those occurring in the Vedas; नाम (nāma)च धातुजमाह निरुक्ते (ca dhātujamāha nirukte)Nir.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the name of a celebrated commentary on the Nighantus by Yaska
—क्तं (ktaṃ) 3N. of a celebrated commentary on the Nighaṇṭus by Yāska.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Explanation or etymological interpretation. 2. One of the six Vedangas containing glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic words. 3. Yaska's commentary on the Nighantus.
निरुक्त (nirukta)(II) n. 1. Explanation, etymological interpretation; 2. name of one of the six Vedāngas, viz., that which contains glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic words; 3. name of Yāska’s commentary on the Nighaṇṭus. [ID=19836]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the etymological work of Yaska
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 519-1] *nirukta (the etymological work of Yāska): XII, 7372,
†8944, 13232; XIII, 4108.
[ID=7716]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
1. The commentary of Jatudkarnya. 2. A part of Vishnu. 3. The fourth Samhita.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 2-246] Nirukta — the commentary of Jatukarṇya: Its author was Ratḥitara;1 rearranged by a pupil of Śākapūrṇa under his guidance;2 part of Viṣṇu;3 said to be the fourth Samhita;4 authorship of, attributed to Rathitara.5 [Footnote: 1) Bhā. XII. 6. 58; Br. II. 35. 3.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. III. 4. 23.]
[Footnote: 3) Ib. V. 1. 37.]
[Footnote: 4) Vā. 61. 2; 65. 28.]
[Footnote: 5) Ib. 60. 65.] [ID=7201]
— The Purana Index
The explanation of a word or passage
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 1-451] Nirukta, ‘explanation’ of a word or passage, is found in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (viii. 3, 3), but does not appear as the name of a work before the later Upaniṣads. It is, however, probable that Yāska's Nirukta is not later than the rise of Buddhism. Cf.Nirvacana.Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 13, 17; 3, 260 et seq.; Indian Literature, 25, 26, 41, 42, etc.; Macdonell, SanskritLiterature, 269, 270; Keith, AitareyaĀraṇyaka, 24, 25; Roth, Nirukta, xv. et seq. [ID=1579]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Adjectival Senses: Spoken, Clear, Manifest
8 definitions8
uttered, pronounced, expressed, explained, or defined
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 386-20] निरुक्त (nirukta)(I) a. (f. क्ता (ktā)) 1. Explained, defined; 2. loud, distinct. [ID=19835]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Comprehensive Entries: Adjective & Noun Senses
7 definitions7
1. Explanation or etymological interpretation. 2. Specifically, the title of Yaska's commentary on the Nighantus.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 142-2] निरुक्त (nirukta) nir-ukta, pp. √vac; n. explanation; etymological interpretation; esp.T.of Yāskaʼs commentary on the Nighaṇṭus; -ukti,f. etymological explanation; -uñchana,n. = nī-rājana; -uttara,a. having no superior; unable to give an answer; -utsava,a. devoid of festivals; -utsāha,a. destitute of energy, unenterprising, spiritless: -tā,f. cowardice; -utsuka,a. unconcerned; having no desire for (prati); -utseka,m. modesty; a. unpretentious, modest; -udara,a. trunkless; -uddeśam,ad. without making any statement; udyama,a. avoiding exertion, indolent; -udyoga,a.id.; -udvigna,pp. untroubled, unagitated: -manas,a. having oneʼs mind undisturbed; -udvega,a. free from agitation, calm; -unmāda,a. free from arrogance; -upakārin,a. unable to render a service; -upakriya,a. rendering no service; -upadrava,a. unassailed by mischances or calamities, prosperous, faring well; free from danger, sage: -tā,f. security; -upadhi,a. free from guile, honest; blameless; -upapatti,a. unsuitable; -upapada,a. unaccompanied by a secondary word; -upaplava,a. undisturbed, uninterrupted; -upabhoga,a. not enjoying; -upama,a. having no equal; -upayoga,a. useless; -upākhya,a. indescribable: -tva, n.abst. ɴ.; -upāya,a. futile; -uṣṇa-tā,f. coldness: -ṃ nī, make cold, kill; -uṣṇīṣa, a. turbanless, bareheaded. [ID=10648]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Said or described.
2. Obscure or obsolete.
3. A Vedanga providing glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic terms.
4. Explanation of letter agreement or disagreement.
5. Analysis of a derivative or compound word.
1 One of the Vedāṅgas or works considered as supplementary to and connected with the Vedas, forming part of scriptural or sacred science: glossarial explanation of obscure terms, especially those occurring in the Vedas.
2 Explanation of the concord or disagreement of letters, &c.
3 Separation or analysis of a derivative or compound word.
E. निर् (nir) negative or affirmative prefix, उक्त (ukta) spoken, said.
[ID=21926]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A Vedic glossary or derivation. 2. Said, obscure, or obsolete.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 421-b] निरु_क्त (niru_kta)(क्तं) ((ktaṃ)) 1. n. A glossary of the Vedas; derivation. a. Said; obscure; obsolete. [ID=21402]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Said or described. 2. Obscure or obsolete. 3. A Vedanga work providing glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic terms. 4. Explanation of the concord or disagreement of letters. 5. Separation or analysis of a derivative or compound word. 6. The commentary of Yaska on the Nighantus. 7. Loud or distinct.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 395-a] निरुक्त (nirukta)
mfn. (-क्तः-क्ता-क्तं (-ktaṃ) (-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ))
1. Said, described.
2. Obscure, obsolete.
n. (-क्तं (-ktaṃ))
1. One of the Vedāngas or works considered as supplementary to and connected with the Vedas, forming a part of the scriptural or sacred science: glossarial explanation of obscure terms especially those occurring in the Vedas.
2. Explanation of the concord or disagreement of letters, &c.
3. Separation or analysis of a derivative or compound word.
4. The name of the Yāskās commentary on the Nighantus.
5. Loud, Distinct.
E. निर् (nir) negative or affirmative prefix, उक्त (ukta) spoken, said.
[ID=21912]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Uttered, pronounced, or explained. 2. An explanation, etymological interpretation, or the title of a work.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 273] निरुक्त (nirukta)a. uttered, pronounced, declared as (2 nom.), explained, distinctly said or enjoined; n. explanation, etymological interpretation, T. of a work. [ID=16623]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Spoken out, loud, or clear.
2. Explanation or etymological interpretation.
3. The title of a commentary to the Vedic Glossary.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 182-a] nír-ukta,a. spoken out; loud; clear; as n. explanation; etymological interpretation of a word; esp. Nirukta, title of a commentary to the nighaṇṭavasor Vedic Glossary. [√vac + nis.] [ID=2312]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Uttered, pronounced, or explained.
2. An explanation or etymological interpretation of a word.
3. One of the six Vedangas containing a glossarial explanation of obscure Vedic terms.
4. The well-known commentary on the Nighantus by Yaska.
निरुक्त (nirukta) [Printed book page 0494-b] निरुक्त (nirukta)nir-ukta, as, ā, am (fr. rt. vac with nis), uttered, pronounced, expressed, explained, de- fined; loud, distinct; (am), n. explanation or ety- mological interpretation of a word; N. of one of the six Vedāṅgas or works considered as connected with the Vedas; glossarial explanation of obscure terms, (especially those occurring in the Vedas); N. of a well-known commentary on the Nighaṇṭus by Yāska; [cf. nairukta, nairuktika.] —Nirukta-kāra, as, m. ‘Nirukta-composer,’ N. or epithet of a com- Page0494-c+ 73 mentator on Kāli-dāsa's Megha-dūta. —Nirukta-kṛt, t, m. epithet of a pupil of Śāka-pūrṇi. —Ni-rukta-ja, as, m., N. of a class of sons enumerated in Mahā-bh. Anuśāsana-p. 2615. —Nirukta-pari-śiṣṭa, am, n., N. of a work supplementary to the Nirukta. —Nirukta-vat, ān, m. ‘possessing the Ni- rukta, author of the Nirukta,’ an epithet of Yāska. —Nirukta-vṛtti, is, f. ‘commentary on the Ni- rukta,’ N. of a commentary on Yāska's Nirukta by Durgācārya. [ID=25117]
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Definitions on this page come from 13 works:
Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
