Yāska was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist who lived somewhere between the seventh and fifth centuries BCE, before Pāṇini. Tradition identifies him as the author of the Nirukta, the discipline of etymology, meaning the explanation of words, within the Sanskrit grammatical tradition, and of the Nighantu, the oldest proto-thesaurus in India. The Nirukta is counted as one of the six Vedāṅgas, the limbs of the Veda in Hinduism, so his work belongs to the apparatus for reading the Vedic hymns correctly. He is widely regarded as the precursive founder of the discipline that later became etymology in both the East and the West. His century cannot be fixed exactly, and scholars give opinions between the seventh and the fifth century BCE.
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Lifespan or Floruit7th to 5th century BCE (start of the stated range, scholars differ on the century) 1 Yāska
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Source Sreenivasa Raos Blogs: Yaska and Panini, Part OneDiscussion of Patanjali on Yaska origin, sentence beginning Further, PatanjaliQuote, Discussion of Patanjali on Yaska origin, sentence beginning Further, Patanjali
Patanjali, the author of Mahabhashya on Panini’s Astadhyayi, suggests that Yaska hailed from the Paraskara Country
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Yāska (7th-5th century BCE) was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist.
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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.
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Yāska (7th-5th century BCE) was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist.
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Yāska (7th-5th century BCE) was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist.
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Nirukta is one of the six Vedāṅgas (limbs of the Veda) in Hinduism.
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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.
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