Aruṇaśamānawith a commentary by Detlef Eichler

IntroductionAruṇaśamāna gives a list of all words of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka which end in āḥ, īḥ, ūḥ, eḥ,aiḥ, oḥ and auḥ when these words are placed at the end of a sentence (placed before a pause |).

Words ending in āḥ
ataptritapā atilohitā avāhā asitā apakṣeṣṭhā anūkyā aghniyā atṛtā avāntaradiśā addhyakṣāastaṁgā anupraśnā agā avaruruthsamānāḥ
ataptritapāḥ 1.7.4 तस्मा॑द ि॒हमतप्त्रा॑तपमाः ।
Note: manuscript reads atṛptitapāḥ

atilohitāḥ 1.9.2avāhāḥ 1.10.2
asitāḥ 1.12.4
apakṣeṣṭhāḥ 1.14.2
anūkyāḥ 6.4.1
aghniyāḥ 6.6.1
atṛtāḥ?
avāntaradiśāḥ 3.9.2
adhyakṣāḥ 4.11.5*ardhamāsāḥ 5.6.2 चता॑र्वि शप्त्तरर्द्िममि॒समाः ।*amṛtāḥ 5.9.10 प्मि॒णम वम अि॒मृतमाः ।astaṁgāḥ 1.14.1
anupraśnāḥ 8.6.1
agāḥ 1.14.1 मम ममा॑ प्मि॒णमनमि॒ मयमो ा॑गमाः ।

avaruruthsamānāḥ 5.1.2 यशमोा॑ऽवि॒रुरुा॑थ्सममनमाः ।ācāryā āgatā āpūriṣṭhā āyuktā āṇḍapītā āyudhā ākhyāyikā āyā ānandāḥ
ācāryāḥ 1.7.2
āgatāḥ 1.12.4
āpūriṣṭhāḥ 1.14.2
āyuktāḥ 7.11.4
āṇḍapītāḥ 1.27.6
āyudhāḥ?
ākhyāyikāḥ 1.6.3
1āyāḥ? - see words ending in āyāḥ: paraspāyāḥ; śaṁyudhāyāḥ; janadhāyāḥ
ānandāḥ 8.8.1
icchamānā iṣṭakā ikāḥicchamānāḥ 6.3.3
iṣṭakāḥ 4.19.1
ikāḥ? see ākhyāyikāḥ 1.6.3
īritāḥै॑ र॒ ितवाः ।īritāḥ 1.9.5 स॒ प्तभ ॒ र्वातरुदutthānā udakāḥ
utthānāḥ 1.2.2
udakāḥ?
*ṛtāḥ 5.2.12 शचि॒ म ह्ृा॑तमाः ।ekarūpā etāḥekarūpāḥ 3.11.10
etāḥ? 1.22.9 अि॒समौ भुवा॑नोि॒ऽप्यनमा॑हहतमग्निरोति॒ माः ।kṛtāḥ kṛṣṭajāḥ kḷptāḥ kūpyāḥ kāmāḥ kṣudrāḥ kṣamāparaḥkṛtāḥ 3.12.3
kṛṣṭajāḥ 1.27.6 अि॒कृि॒ष्टम यो चि॒ कृष्टा॑जमाः ।kḷptāḥ 3.11.5
kūpyāḥ 6.4.1
kāmāḥ 9.10.1
kṣudrāḥ 4.36.1
kṣamāparaḥ?
khyātāḥ likhyāḥ
khyātāḥ? see vyākhyātāḥ 1.9.4
likhyāḥ?
gandharvagaṇā gatā gopāḥ

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gandharvagaṇāḥ 1.9.3 अथ गै॑न्धर्ा॒गणवाः ।gatāḥ 6.3.2 यो सवा॑गिि॒तमाः ।gopāḥ 5.6.4 प्मि॒णमो वौ गमोि॒पमाः ।
gharmapāḥ
gharmapāḥ 5.8.8
candramāḥ
candramāḥ 7.5.2
janā jantyā jihvā jātā janadhāyāḥ
janāḥ 1.8.5
jantyāḥ 6.12.1 यो चि॒ जन्तयमाः ।
jihvāḥ 10.1.15
jātāḥ?
janadhāyāḥ 4.11.4
taptritapās tāmrarathās tanvānās tapojās tomāḥ
taptritapāḥ 1.7.3 तस्मा॑द ि॒ह तप्त्रा॑तपमाः ।
Note: manuscript reads tṛptitapāḥ

tāmrarathāḥ 1.12.4
tanvānāḥ 3.12.3
tapojāḥ 4.7.2
tomāḥ?
devā devagopā diśā devatā dā dividhā darbhā draviṇodāḥ devatāḥ na pitarapūrvaḥ dadhānāḥna vīraparaḥ
devāḥ 1.1.1
devagopāḥ 1.29.1
diśāḥ – see avāntaradiśāḥ 3.9.2 चता॑स्मोऽवमन्तरद ि॒शमाः ।
devatāḥ see below devatāḥ na pitarapūrvaḥ
dāḥ 4.5.3 अमयुा॑मोि माः ।
dividhāḥ 4.9.4 यि॒ज्ञममि॒मनन् ि॒र्व धमाः ।
darbhāḥ 5.10.6
draviṇodāḥ 4.7.4
devatāḥ na pitarapūrvaḥ 5.4.1; 7.5.1 (pitaro devatā | 6.6.3)
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dadhānāḥ na vīraparaḥ 6.10.2 (dadhānā | vīram 4.7.5)
dhīrā dhārā dhāḥ na saṁkhyā pūrvaḥ
dhīrāḥ 10.1.15
dhārāḥ?
*dhenāḥ 10.40.1*pūjamanāḥ 10.40.1
dhāḥ na saṁkhyā pūrvaḥ 4.5.4 तोजमोा॑ मो धमि॒ वचमोा॑ि मो धमाः । (caturdhā | 7.5.3)
nūtanā nirvacanā naddhyā nakhā niyamaviśeṣā nādhamānā navā navānūkyāḥ
nūtanāḥ 1.27.5
nirvacanāḥ 1.6.3
nadhyāḥ?
nakhāḥ 1.23.3
niyamaviśeṣāḥ 1.32.1
nādhamānāḥ 4.42.3 ऋषा॑यमोि॒ नमधा॑ममनमाः ।
Note: manuscript reads nāthamānāḥ

navāḥ? – see mānavāḥ 6.6.3
navānūkyāḥ?
prāṇāḥ praviṣṭhāḥ parītāḥ purīṣāḥ pratīcyāpitāḥ palvalyāḥ prajāḥ pāḥ puroḍāśāḥ punānāḥ
payodhāḥ paraspāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ parāṅgatāḥ prakirāḥ pratirāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ na ya evaṁvedaparaḥ
prāṇāḥ 1.7.2
praviṣṭhāḥ 1.7.4 सि॒प्त सूयमिि॒ द वि॒मनुप्ि॒ र्वा॑ष्टमाः ।
parītāḥ 1.9.5 एतयौव र्वभमिर्वा॑पर ि॒तमाः ।purīṣāḥ?
pratīcyāpitāḥ?
palvalyāḥ 1.24.4*paramajāḥ 1.25.3 यमनसति॒स्ाः पा॑रमि॒जमाः ।
prajāḥ 1.26.4
pāḥ? see gharmapāḥ 5.8.8
puroḍāśāḥ?
*purogāḥ 3.3.1 समोमसि॒ समोमा॑सय पुरमोि॒गमाः ।
punānāḥ 3.14.2
payodhāḥ 4.7.4
paraspāyāḥ 4.11.2
pṛthivyāḥ 5.2.9
parāṅgatāḥ 1.12.44

prakirāḥ?
pratirāḥ 5.8.8
pratiṣṭhitāḥ na ya evaṁ vedaparaḥ 1.22.8 इि॒मो वौ लमोि॒कम अि॒फ्स प्प्त्ता॑ष्ठितमाः । त ोि॒षमऽभ्यनूिम ।(parame vyoman pratiṣṭhitā | sa ya evaṁ veda 9.6.1)*(ākāśe pṛthivī pratiṣṭhitā | tad etad annam 9.9.1)*preṣyāḥ 10.67.4
brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇamukhīnāḥ
brāhmaṇāḥ 7.11.3
brāhmaṇamukhīnāḥ 1.31.5
bhāratā bhāryā bhuvā bhratā bhrātṛvyāḥ
bhāratāḥ 1.27.2
bhāryāḥ – see saṁbhāryāḥ 1.24.3
bhuvāḥ – see svayaṁbhuvāḥ 1.27.2 मर ा॑चयाः सवमयम्ुवि॒ माः ।bhratāḥ?
bhrātṛvyāḥ 9.10.1
mānā marudgaṇā mahādevā mithūyā mantrā madhupā mahāsaṁhitā mānavā muñjā muhūrttā
mājñā madā medhāḥmānā 1.1.2 महमनमम्नीमिा॑हमममि॒नमाः ।
marudgaṇāḥ 1.4.2
mahādevāḥ 1.9.3
mithūyāḥ 1.22.12
mantrāḥ 1.31.2
madhupāḥ?
mahāsaṁhitāḥ 7.3.4
mānavāḥ 6.6.3
muñjāḥ 5.4.4 ऊर्ङ्िु ञ्माः ।

muhūrtāḥ 1.8.1
mājñāḥ? only samājñāḥ 9.10.1 इप्त्त ममनुषीससममि॒ज्ञमाः ।madāḥ?
medhāḥ?
yajatrā yaśaskāmā yenakhā yuktā yajamānāḥ
yajatrāḥ 1.1.1
yaśaskāmāḥ 5.1.1
yenakhāḥ? यो नखमाः । 1.23.3
yuktāḥ – see āyuktāḥ 7.11.4
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yajamānāḥ 5.1.6
rūpā rathā raśanā rādhāḥ
rūpāḥ 3.11.11 यो ग्मि॒मयमाः पि॒शवमोा॑ र्वि॒श्वरा॑पमाः ।
rathāḥ – see tāmrarathāḥ 1.12.4*retāḥ? 1.22.9 अि॒समौ भुवा॑नऽोि॒ प्यनमा॑हहतमग्निरोति॒ माः । – see etāḥ?
raśanāḥ 1.21.3 ऋि॒ षि॒यमो वमता॑रशि॒नमाः ।
rādhāḥ? ममोष्वा॑स्म

सतमा॑सयन्ति॒रम धमाः । 4.20.2?

lopā lohitā lokāḥlopāḥ?
lohitāḥ – see atilohitāḥ 1.9.2
lokāḥ 5.2.8
vṛddhaśravā viśvavedā valgā vacanā varṇaviśeṣā vyavadātā vidyutā vaidyutā vyākhyātā
vipatovataraśa viprā varccodā vidā varā vāsāḥ vāḥ ahāparaḥ
vṛddhaśravāḥ 1.1.1
viśvavedāḥ 1.1.1
valgāḥ 1.3.2 षष्ठष्टश्च प्त्ि शा॑कम वि॒लगमाः ।
vacanāḥ 1.6.3*vāsavāḥ 1.8.7 अम यनस्न्थ्सि॒प्त वमा॑सवि॒ माः ।varṇaviśeṣāḥ 1.9.1
vyavadātāḥ 1.9.1
vidyutāḥ?
vaidyutāḥ 1.9.2 यमश्च र्वसकुै॑ िर्॒ द्यतु वाः ।vyākhyātāḥ 1.9.4 अथ प्त्नग ा॑व्यमखयमि॒तमाः ।*vaikhānasāḥ 1.23.3 तो वौा॑खमनि॒समाः ।*vālāḥ 1.23.3 यो वमलमाः ।*vālakhilyāḥ 1.23.3 तो वमा॑लनखि॒लयमाः ।*vratahomāḥ 1.32.2 वरुणमयमरुणमयोप्त्त व्रा॑तहमोि॒ममाः ।*viṣṭhāḥ 3.7.2 स र्वि॒िमाः ।
vipatovataraśa?
viprāḥ 4.5.2 अि॒ञ्नन्ति॒ यं प्ि॒थया॑न्तमोि॒ न र्वप्माः ।*varṣyāḥ 6.4.1 शन्तोा॑ समुदि॒ ियमि॒ अमपि॒श्शमुा॑ तो सन्त ि॒ वष्यमिाः ।6

*vartethāḥ 7.3.4 तथम तिा॑ वतोिि॒थमाः ।varcodāḥ?
vidāḥ?
varāḥ? – see sthāvarāḥ 1.24.2?
vāsāḥ – see suvāsāḥ 1.27.5*vaśānugāḥ 10.64.1
vāḥ ahā?paraḥ 9.10.1 यमो मम मप्त्त स इ ोवमम (३) वमि॒ाः । अि॒हमन्नि॒मन्ना॑मि॒ न्ति॒मम (३) द्मि॒ ।(yathāśakti vā | evam 1.32.2)
śeṣā śyāmāś śaṇḍilāś śravāś śaṁyudhāyā śvetāś śuddhasatvā śritāḥ natasyā paraḥ
śeṣāḥ? – see varṇaviśeṣāḥ 1.9.1?
śyāmāḥ 1.9.2
śaṇḍilāḥ 1.22.10
śravāḥ – see vṛddhaśravāḥ 1.1.1
śaṁyudhāyāḥ 4.11.3
śvetāḥ 4.36.1*śagmāḥ 6.7.3 कलपा॑न्तमम्ोि॒ द शा॑श्शि॒गममाः ।śuddhasattvāḥ 10.12.3
śritāḥ na tasyā paraḥ 1.2.2 (पृमि॒ थि॒व्यममपा॑रम श्रि॒तम । तसयोन्िमो वमरा॑रपोणि॒ । 1.5.1–2)
sarvās samutthānās senās sapās sūryavarccās samābhṛtās sargā sthāvarās saṁbhāryāsvayaṁbhuvās suvāsās somās saṁhitās sapatnās suvīrās saprathās suparṇās sityās samānās
samājñās samāhitāḥ abhrāṇyapaḥ paraḥ
sarvāḥ 1.1.1
samutthānāḥ 1.1.2 see utthānāḥ
senāḥ?
sapāḥ?
*sūryāḥ 1.7.4–5 सि॒प्त द शमोि॒ नमनमा॑सूयमिाः । 1.7.4
sūryavarcāḥ 1.9.3
samābhṛtāḥ 1.22.8

सूयोिा॑ शक्रि॒न तवमा॑ वश्िन्थ्सि॒हस्ि॒ ॒ि॒ सूयमिाः । 1.7.5

सि॒ममभृा॑तम् ।

sargāḥ 1.23.8
sthāvarāḥ 1.24.2
saṁbhāryāḥ 1.24.3
svayaṁbhuvāḥ 1.27.2 मर ा॑चयाः सवमयम्ुवि॒ माः ।
suvāsāḥ 1.27.5
somāḥ 3.3.1
saṁhitāḥ – see mahāsaṁhitāḥ 7.3.4
sapatnāḥ 9.10.1
suvīrāḥ 10.41.1 र्वि॒ थोा॑ सवि॒ ीरमाः ।।7

saprathāḥ 4.3.1
suparṇāḥ 4.20.3
sityāḥ?
samānāḥ 5.1.2 यशमोा॑ऽवि॒रुरुा॑थ्सममनमाः ।
samājñāḥ 9.10.1 इप्त्त ममनुषीससममि॒ज्ञमाः ।
Note: manuscript reads samajñāḥsamāhitāḥ abhrāṇyapaḥ paraḥ 1.8.1 (samāhitā | anavarṇe 1.8.2)
hitā hutā himā hatā hotrā hutabhāgāḥ
hitāḥ 1.27.6
hutāḥ 1.27.6 अड्मा॑ रोषु चि॒ यो हति॒ माः ।
Note: manuscript reads hutatamāḥ

*homāḥ 1.32.2 वरुणमयमरुणमयोप्त्त व्रा॑तहमोि॒ममाः ।himāḥ 4.7.5
hatāḥ 4.36.1
hotrāḥ 5.6.10
hutabhāgāḥ 5.8.7

Words ending in īḥāmāñjīr avīr āsīr udīcīr ṛtāvarīr oṣadhīr jānatīr daivīr dadṛśuṣīr dhānantīḥ pramoṣīḥ pāpīr
bhūmīr vyavacchetsīś śaiśirīs sūvarīs satī sphurantīr hiṁsīḥ
ै॑āmāñjīḥ 4.10.4 र्र्ासव
मवञ्जाः ।avīḥ 4.7.1 अिा॑ प्मि॒वीाः ।āsīḥ 4.2.3
udīcīḥ 4.6.1
ṛtāvarīḥ 4.2.3
oṣadhīḥ 6.7.3*kulāyinīḥ 4.18.1 यमसतोा॑ अि अमि॒िमि यमोनया॑ मोि॒ यमाः कुा॑लमि॒ग्नयनीाः ।
jānatīḥ see below
jyotīḥ 4.40.1 सवि॒नि जयमोतीाः ।
daivīḥ 9.10.1 अथ ौि॒वीाः ।dadṛśuṣīḥ 4.11.7
dhāvantīḥ 1.24.3 अमोजा॑समि॒ वम एि॒तम वहा॑न्तीररि॒वमोद्गा॑तीररि॒व अमकूजा॑तीररि॒व धमवा॑न्तीाः ।
pramoṣīḥ 3.15.1
pāpīḥ?
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*pravadantīḥ 1.4.3 एि॒तम वमि॒चाः प्ा॑व ि॒न्तीाः ।
bhūmīḥ 1.7.5*vadhīḥ 3.15.1 मम छ ा॑ मो मृतयमोि॒ मम वा॑धीाः ।
vyavacchetsīḥ 7.11.1
śaiśirīḥ 1.4.3
sūvarīḥ 1.1.2 ोि॒वीभुा॑वनि॒ि सवू रा॑ ाः ।satīḥ 1.11.4
sphurantīḥ 6.7.1 प्त्तला॑ वथ्समि॒ ऊजिा॑मस्ौि॒ हु मा॑नमि॒ र्वश्वमहमा॑ सि॒न्तवनपा॑सफुरन्तीाः ।hiṁsīḥ 1.31.3

Words ending in ūḥ, eḥ and aiḥ
tanūr mayobhūr agner medhātither aditeḥ prajāpater bṛhaspater aśvair asamāyutair āpannairuttarair ukthāmadair devaiḥ pataṁgair rajonair varṇair vāsavaiś śarīrais sahasrai stomaiḥ
tanūḥ 5.2.13*bhūḥ 1.31.3 प्त्ति॒रमोधमि॒ भूाः ।
mayobhūḥ 4.8.2*samabhūḥ 1.23.4 तवव्ौैँ पूवि ॒ा॑ समा॑भाःू ।agneḥ 1.7.6
medhātitheḥ 1.12.3
aditeḥ 1.13.2
prajāpateḥ 3.14.4
bṛhaspateḥ 3.9.1
aśvaiḥ 1.10.3
asamāyutaiḥ 1.12.3
āpannaiḥ 1.12.3
uttaraiḥ 1.9.6
ukthāmadaiḥ 3.8.1
devaiḥ 3.11.2
pataṁgaiḥ 1.10.3 नमसा॑तयम भुजि॒ युमूा॑हथुाः पति॒र्ङौ्ाः ।*pātraiḥ 3.8.2 वमि॒याःु पमिौाः ।*mayūkhaiḥ 1.8.3

मि॒धथिा॑ पृमथि॒वीमि॒मभतमोा॑ मि॒यूखाःौ ।

rajonaiḥ 4.20.2 मम नि॒ाः परि॒मधा॑रमि॒ ्म रजमोा॑नाःौ ।varṇaiḥ 1.12.3
vāsavaiḥ 1.8.6
śarīraiḥ 3.4.1
sahasraiḥ 1.6.3
stomaiḥ 3.8.1

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Words ending in oḥ and auḥaśvinor unmaditor jantor jaṁbhayos taddvayor darśapūrṇamāsayoḥ pārśvayoḥ pṛthivyoḥ
prāṇāpānayoḥ pavamānayor bhavitor mṛtyos tadvayor vāyoś śaṁyor hastayor dyauḥ
aśvinoḥ 1.12.5
unmaditoḥ 5.4.7
ू ि॒ प्हहा॑तमो भि॒वसया॑ चमोि॒भयमोाः ।*ubhayoḥ 4.29.1 यि॒मसया॑ ताः
jantoḥ 10.12.1
jambhayoḥ 4.37.1 य ि॒मयु ययमि॒ सयि॒ जम्ा॑यमोाः ।
taddvayoḥ 1.12.5
Note: manuscript reads tadvayoḥ

darśapūrṇamāsayoḥ 1.22.9
pārśvayoḥ 1.2.4
pṛthivyoḥ 1.10.4
9.10.1
pavamānayoḥ?
*pādayoḥ 9.10.1 गप्त्तररा॑प्त्त पमि॒ यमोाः ।bhavitoḥ 5.3.7
mṛtyoḥ 3.15.2
taddvayoḥ 1.12.5
Note: manuscript reads tadvayoḥ
vāyoḥ 3.9.1 वमगवमि॒यमोाः ।*(evā hi vāyo | 1.20.1 ए॒ र्व हि र्वै॑यो ।)śaṁyoḥ 10.2.1
hastayor 9.10.1
dyauḥ 4.42.3
aruṇaśamānaṁ saṁpūrṇaṁśrīmate hayagrīvaparabrahmaṇe namaḥity aruṇaśamānaṁ samāptam

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Final Notes
The transliterated text of Aruṇaśamāna is based on Peter Freund’s Devanāgarī edition
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/Arunashamanam.html
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/aruna_shamanam.pdf
A transliterated searchable file of the entire Taittirīya Āraṇyaka is downloadable on
http://www.sanskritweb.net as ta-find.pdf. The numbers in the commentary refer to this edition.
The text is divided into 10 chapters (Chapter 1: Āruṇaketuka-cayana; Chapter 2: Svādhyāya
Brāhmaṇa; Chapter 3: Cāturhotṛ-citi, Puruṣākṛti-citi, Bhartṛ-sūkta and Brahma-medha;
Chapter 4: Pravargya mantras; Chapter 5: Pravargya-brāhmaṇa; Chapter 6: Pitṛmedhamantras; Chapters 7-9: Taittirīya Upaniṣad; Chapter 10: Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad). The firsttwo chapters belong to the Kaṭha school.
For the Devanāgarī shown in the commentary see
http://www.parankusa.org/KrYajurBrowse.aspx. This edition divides the text into 8 chapters.
Chapter 4 = chapter 6 of the edition above; Chapter 5 = 7, 8, 9; Chapter 6 = 10; Chapter 7 =4 and Chapter 8 = 5.
In the commentory above counter examples are shown surrounded by parentheses. Words
beginning with * are mentioned in ta-find.pdf but are missing in the text of Aruṇaśamāna.
Śikṣās and Vedalakṣaṇa texts:
http://vedicreserve.mum.edu/shiksha/shiksha_vedicreserve.html
https://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshana
Last updated by Detlef Eichler 17 February 201511