Nirukta is also the name given to a celebrated commentary by Yāska on the Nighantu, an even older glossary (dated before 14th Century CE) which was already traditional in his time. Yāska`s Nirukta contains a treatise on etymology, and deals with various attempts to interpret the many difficult Vedic words in the Nighantu. It is in the form of e....
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(from the article `Hinduism`) ...described—Panni`s grammar ( 400 ) and the pratishakhyas are the oldest examples of this discipline—(4) nirukta (lexicon), which discusses and ...
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