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Nirukta (Sanskrit: निरुक्त, IPA: [
n̪iɾuktɐ], "explained, interpreted") is one of the six
ancient Vedangas, or
ancillary science connected with the Vedas...
- (7th–4th
century BCE), he is
traditionally identified as the
author of
Nirukta, the
discipline of "etymology" (explanation of words)
within Sanskrit grammatical...
- 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...
- 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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mentioned linguists involved extensive studies on the
etymology (called
Nirukta or
Vyutpatti in Sanskrit) of
Sanskrit words,
because the
ancient Indians...
- 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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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...
- Atharvaveda:
Mundaka Mandukya Prashna Vedangas Shiksha Chandas Vyakarana Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Other scriptures Bhagavad Gita
Agamas (Hinduism)
Other texts...
