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Yāska
Indian linguist · India · On the map · Academics
Yāska was an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist. Preceding Pāṇini, he is traditionally identified as the author of Nirukta, the discipline of "etymology" within the Sanskrit grammatical tradition, and the Nighantu, the oldest proto-thesaurus in India. Nirukta is one of the six Vedāṅgas in Hinduism.
Yāska is read about 21 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 4 August 2026
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Yaska is widely regarded as the precursive founder of the discipline of what would become etymology in both the East and the West.
Country
India
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
