The Veda or Vedic text; sāḍhyai sāḍhvā sāḍheti nigame P. VI. 3. 113, VII. 2. 64; Māl. 9. 4.

2 Any pass- age or word quoted from the Vedas, a Vedic sentence; tathāpi ca nigamo bhavati (often found in Nirukta).

3 [Page0619-b+ 55] A work auxiliary to, and explana- tory of, the Vedas; Ms. 4. 19 and Kull. thereon.

4 A sacred precept, the words of a god or holy man.

5 A root (as the source of a word).

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