Learning Vedic Sanskrit : Kasyapa’s Nighantu – Yaska Niruktha : 3

(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.)

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We have an exciting set of words today, I give the vedic sanskrit words with modern english meanings in brackets so we can see how the words have changed in meaning.

Synonyms for ratrI (night) : doSa (defect), tamah (darkness), rajah (brightness), ghRtAcI (an apsara, mother of Drona and Suka), payah (water), himA (ice).
Synonyms for uSas (dawn) : vibhAvarI (night), citrAmaghA (names of stars Chitra and Makha), vAjinI (horse).
Synonyms for ahna (day) : dyuh, bhAnu (sun), ghrNA (anger), divedive (daily)
Synonyms for mEghA (cloud) : adri (mountain), gOtra, rouhiNa, raivata, ahi (snake), odana (cooked rice), vRtra (Indra slayed vRtra), asura (mighty, enemies of devas)

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March 9, 2010 at 9:30 am

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hi! this is an amazingly gorgeous script. im doing a drawing for my friend and wondered if the word sangha is able to be translated into vedic…if not is there something close to it? this would be great if i could write it out in vedic sanskrit for him rather than another sanskrit. i have searched the internet and can not find what i need. please help! thank u

Kathleen

November 25, 2010 at 6:49 am

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- Hi Kathleen,
  In Vedic Times, It was the sound, not the script that had great importance. There is no thing called a “Vedic Script” to my knowledge. Vedic Sanskrit refers to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas.. Not all the sounds of the Vedas have a corresponding meaning in classical sanskrit or in modern languages. The sound itself has to be dwelt upon.
  Scripts evolved later.
  
  Is this the word you are looking for – संघा ?
  
  Regards,
  Satya
  
  satyask
  
  November 25, 2010 at 6:59 am
  
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