• Yāska was an ancient Indian grammarian and linguist (7th–5th century BCE). Preceding Pāṇini (7th–4th century BCE), he is traditionally identified as the...
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  • Yusuf Yaska (Kurdish: یۆسف یاسکە, 1592-1636) was a Kurdish poet, considered, along with Mistefa Bêsaranî, to be one of the early members of Gorani poetry...
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    appearing together in the same Upanishad verse cannot be dismissed easily. Yāska's Nirukta, an etymological dictionary published around the 6th century BCE...
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  • linguistics and modern etymology. Four of the most famous Sanskrit linguists are: Yaska (c. 6th–5th centuries BCE) Pāṇini (c. 520–460 BCE) Kātyāyana (6th-4th centuries...
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    layer of the Vedic texts. The most celebrated scholar of this field is Yāska, who wrote the Nighaṇṭu (book of glossary), the first book on this field...
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    Kambojas (redirect from Kambojas of Yaska)
    them. In his book about etymology—the Nirukta—the ancient Indian author Yaska comments on that part of the Naighaṇṭukas, in which he mentions that "the...
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  • study of grammar and linguistic analysis in Sanskrit language. Pāṇini and Yāska are the two celebrated ancient scholars of Vyākaraṇa; both are dated to...
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    the seers (Rishis). According to the ancient commentator and linguist, Yaska, these ancient sacred revelations were then passed down through an oral...
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    Vedic Religious career Guru Virajanand Dandeesha Influenced by Kanada, Yāska, Kashyapa, Patanjali, Pāṇini, Kapila, Badarayana Influenced Madam Cama,...
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     1000 CE), 'one who is everything and inside everything'. Vedanga scholar Yaska (4th century BCE) in the Nirukta defines Vishnu as viṣṇur viṣvater vā vyaśnoter...
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