Nirukta (Sanskrit: निरुक्त, IPA: [n̪iɾuktɐ], "explained, interpreted") is one of the six ancient Vedangas, or ancillary science connected with the Vedas...
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(7th–4th century BCE), he is traditionally identified as the author of Nirukta, the discipline of "etymology" (explanation of words) within Sanskrit grammatical...
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It was the subject of the Nirukta, a commentary, together with a treatise on etymology, by Yaska. Technically, Yaska's Nirukta should designate his commentary...
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phonology (sandhi) Chandas (chandas): meter Vyakarana (vyākaraṇa): grammar Nirukta (nirukta): etymology Jyotisha (jyotiṣa): astrology (Hindu astronomy) Kalpa (kalpa):...
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exact form of words and sentences to properly express ideas. Nirukta (Sanskrit: निरुक्त nirukta, "etymology"): etymology, explanation of words, particularly...
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Taittiriya Shakha (section Nirukta)
of the Nirukta, a study of etymology concerned with correct interpretation of Sanskrit words in the Vedas. This is significant as the Nirukta references...
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notable work is his theory that all nouns are derived from a verbal root (nirukta), a theory Pāṇini did not assert. Śākaṭāyana also proposed that functional...
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Vedāṅgas. The term "śāstra" is found in Yaska's Nirukta (1.2, 14), where the reference is to Nirukta (etymology). An early use of the term śāstra with...
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mentioned linguists involved extensive studies on the etymology (called Nirukta or Vyutpatti in Sanskrit) of Sanskrit words, because the ancient Indians...
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Brahmana (section The Nirukta)
penance is there by done by him'. Recorded by the grammarian Yaska, the Nirukta, one of the six Vedangas or 'limbs of the Vedas' concerned with correct...
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