Agarchand Nahta Abhinandan Granth Part 2

Author(s): Dashrath Sharma
Publisher: Agarchand Nahta Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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as 'a hiding place'. Griffith translates it as 'from the cave'. Peterson remarks that this word is a Vedic locative of the same kind as 'guha' in the next verse and translates it as 'cave':
Zimmerman translates it as 'from the enclosure'. He compares it with II, 14, 3 योगा उदाजदपू हि बुलं वः ॥
;
Macdonell also translates it as 'by the unclosing'. On the basis of feminine forms, he remarks that it can only be the instrumental singular of Apadha'. He takes 'Valasya' as objective genitive i. e. by opening ( the cave of) Vala. Velankar5 seems to follow Roth when he takes 'Apadha' as instrumental singular of Apadha on the analogy of एकया प्रति॒धा प्रतिधानेन in Vill 77
meaning
As has been seen above. Venkata Madhava" too while explaining it as faparfafica has indicated indirectly to the feminine base with 'a' ending.
It seems that ar is really : accusative plural of 441, feminine form dha by applying the affix an' in accordance with the Papinian rule
Sayana took it as irregularity for the ablative by सुपां सुतुगत पञ्चम्या आकारः । Durga, the commentator on Nirukta explains the form by by the enclosing.
as
from apa III, 3, 106.
An analogous case it that of the word fat occurring in the form of far in R V, X, 73, 11:
Nirukta.
वयः॑ सुप॒र्णा उप॑ दु॒रिषु॑ प्रि॒यमे॑षा॒ ऋष॑यो॒ नाध॑मानाः ।
अप॑ वा॒न्तर्मू हि विशु'- मुंमुख्य ऽस्मान् नि॒धये॑व व॒द्धान् ॥
The word for is found in the Naigamakanda of the fourth chapter of
Mukund Jha Bakshi in his notes on Nirukta explains निषा as "आतश्चोपसर्गे" इति ( पा. ३०१.१३६ ) के प्रत्यये अङि ( पा. ३.३.१०६) वा । टापि निधेति भवति ।
This supports our thesis about the nature of the form of ar. In point of accent too, the form अपधा resembles निधा.
1. Hymns from the Rigveda, Vol. II, p. 273
2. Peterson, op. cit,
3. Vedic Selections, Notes, p. 124
4. Vedic Reader, pp. 46 ff
5. Rksakta vaijayants, p. 72
6. Sāyana's commentary on 11/2, 3 अपना-अप पूर्वाषातेः 'आतश्रीपसमें (पा. ३.२.१०६)
इति भावेऽप्रत्ययः । सुषां सुलुगिति पञ्चम्या आकार: 1
7.
Durga's commentary on Nirukta, Adhyaya, 8, 1. Rgarthadtpika, Vol. III, p. 75.
Mukund Jha Bakshi, (Ed.,) Nirukta, p. 160
११६ अगरचन्द नाहटा अभिनन्दन ग्रन्थ
9.