Vedanga · Etymology
Nirukta
Yaska's treatise on the meaning of Vedic words, the oldest surviving Indian work of etymology and a commentary on the glossary called the Nighantu.
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Appears in
- Meaning and the Measure of Time Treatise
This is the territory of nirukta , the etymology Vedanga, the science of meaning.
- The Limbs Treatise
Nirukta , etymology, the recovery of what words mean and where they come from.