Editing Kurma (section)

=== The Nirukta ===
Written by the [[grammar]]ian [[Yāska|Yaska]], the [[Nirukta]] is one of the six [[Vedanga]]s or 'limbs of the [[Vedas]]', concerned with correct [[etymology]] and interpretation of the Vedas. The entry for the Tortoise states (square brackets '[ ]' are as per the original author):{{blockquote|May we obtain that illimitable gift of thine. The sun is called [[World Turtle|akupara]] also, i. e. unlimited, because it is immeasurable. The ocean, too, is called akupara, i. e. unlimited, because it is boundless. A tortoise is also called a-kupa-ara, because it does not move in a well [On account of its shallowness]. Kacchapa (tortoise) is (so called because) it protects (pati) its mouth (kaccham), or it protects itself by means of its shell (kacchena), or it drinks (√pa) by the mouth. Kaccha (mouth or shell of a tortoise) <nowiki>=</nowiki> kha-ccha, i. e. something which covers (chddayatl) space (kham). This other (meaning of) kaccha, 'a bank of a river', is derived from the same (root) also, i.e. water (kam) is covered (chadyate) by it.|source=The Nighantu and the Nirukta [of Yaska], translated by Lakshman Sarup (1967), Chapter 4, Section 18<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nighantuniruktao00yaskuoft|title=The Nighantu and the Nirukta|last1=Yaska|last2=Sarup|first2=Lakshman|date=1967|publisher=Delhi Motilal Banarsidass|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nighantuniruktao00yaskuoft/page/64 64]}}</ref>|author=|title=}}