Learning Vedic Sanskrit : Kasyapa’s Nighantu – Yaska Niruktha
kas’yapa was the father of Indra, and a nephew of vasiSTa, the rshi of the 7th Mandala of the Rg vEda. I believe that his list of synonyms, his nighantu or his thesaurus if you will, best matches the vedic times (trEtA yuga) than those of the later authors. So it is my desire to study this nighantu a bit at a time.
- Please note that gouh, aditih and pUSa mean earth, in addition to the other words in the list.
- Please note that candrama, loha, amrta also mean gold. We are used to translating them as moon, iron and nectar respectively. Also note that the word rukmam could have been the origin of the kannada word meaning rokka or money. ayah is another word translated, nowadays as iron, but could have meant as gold in those days.
- bhUh, barhih,puSkaram, samudram. adhvaram are all given as synonyms for antahrisksha., which we translate as sky today.
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