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Yāska

Yāska (7th–5th century BCE) was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist. Preceding Pāṇini (7th–4th century BCE), he is traditionally identified as the author of Nirukta, the discipline of "etymology" (explanation of words) within the Sanskrit grammatical tradition, and the Nighantu, the oldest proto-thesaurus in India. Nirukta is one of the six…

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Lexical categorySemanticsŚākaṭāyanaVedicGlossary
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Ancient IndianGrammarianVedicLinguistPāṇini
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KashyapaBharadvaja
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Born
7th–5th century BCE
Era
Late Vedic period
Main interests
Sanskrit grammarian
Notable ideas
Grammar, Linguistics, Etymology
Notable works
Nirukta, Nighantu

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related to Words as carriers of meaning: atomism vs. holism debate · 14
Yāska → According, As, Buddhist, In, Indian, Mimamsa, Nairuktas, Nyaya, Pāṇini, Sakatayana, The, This, Vaiyākarans, Yāska's Nirukta
related to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbs · 5
Yāska → An, English, Latin, Sakatayana, This
Born · 1
Yāska → 7th–5th century BCE
Era · 1
Yāska → Late Vedic period
Main interests · 1
Yāska → Sanskrit grammarian
Notable ideas · 1
Yāska → Grammar, Linguistics, Etymology
Notable works · 1
Yāska → Nirukta, Nighantu

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words nirukta etymology vedic 7th century view nouns bce sakatayana verb noun grammarian meaning debate 5th sanskrit pāṇini verbs nighantu

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YāskaBorn7th–5th century BCE1.00infobox
YāskaEraLate Vedic period1.00infobox
YāskaMain interestsSanskrit grammarian1.00infobox
YāskaNotable ideasGrammar, Linguistics, Etymology1.00infobox
YāskaNotable worksNirukta, Nighantu1.00infobox
Yāskarelated to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbsSakatayana0.60section
Yāskarelated to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbsAn0.60section
Yāskarelated to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbsEnglish0.60section
Yāskarelated to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbsLatin0.60section
Yāskarelated to Etymologically, nouns originate from verbsThis0.60section
Yāskarelated to Words as carriers of meaning: atomism vs. holism debateAs0.60section
Yāskarelated to Words as carriers of meaning: atomism vs. holism debateThis0.60section

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