Yaska, 驰腻蝉办补: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�).鈥擜 famous Sanskrit Grammarian of ancient times. Although the people of India always believed in the greatness of the Vedas, the Vedas became unintelligible even to scholars owing to changes in language and differences in grammar. It was 驰腻蝉办补 and S膩ya峁嘺 who saved the country from that plight. 驰腻蝉办补 became famous by composing "Nirukta" (etymology). There is a reference to this ancient sage in Mah膩bh膩rata, Chapter 342, Verse 72.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Yaska (啶じ啷嵿).鈥擜n 膧r峁ya pravara (Bh膩rgava).*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 195. 36.
1b) A Bh膩rgava branch.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 1. 100.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�).鈥擜 reputed ancient Niruktakara or etymologist, of the 6th century B.C. or even a few centuries before that, whose work, the Nirukta, is looked upon as the oldest authoritative treatise regarding derivation of Vedic words. Yaska was preceded by a number of etymologists whom he has mentioned in his work and whose works he has utilised. Yaska's Nirukta threw into the back-ground the older treatises on etymology, all of which disappeared gradually in the course of time.
Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�) is the name of a pre-Pi峁単alan author on the science of Sanskrit metrics (肠丑补苍诲补艣腻蝉迟谤补): 驰腻蝉办补, the author of Nirukta describes the Vedic metres in Nirukta. Pi峁単ala also mentions him while discussing the metre 耻谤辞产峁沨补迟墨.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: Hinduism驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�) was an early Sanskrit grammarian who preceded P膩峁噄ni (fl. 4th BC), assumed to have lived in the 6th or 5th century BC. Nothing is known about him other than that he is traditionally identified as the author of Nirukta, the discipline of "etymology" (explanation of words) within Sanskrit grammatical tradition. Yaska is the author of the Nirukta, a technical treatise on etymology, lexical category and the semantics of Sanskrit words. He is thought to have succeeded 艢膩ka峁亂ana, an old grammarian and expositor of the Vedas, who is mentioned in his text.
驰腻蝉办补 defines four main categories of words:
- n膩ma - nouns or substantives
- 膩khy膩ta - verbs
- upasarga - pre-verbs or prefixes
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nip膩ta - particles, invariant words (perhaps prepositions)
驰腻蝉办补 also defends the view, presented first in the lost text of Sakatayana that etymologically, most nouns have their origins in verbs.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�).鈥擭ame of the author of the Nirukta.
Derivable forms: 测腻蝉办补岣� (啶ぞ啶膏啶曕).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�).鈥攎.
(-蝉办补岣�) Name of the author of Nirukta.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a teacher.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擰uoted in 峁歬pr膩ti艣膩khya 17, 25, in B峁沨addevat膩, etc.: Nirukta.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yaska (啶じ啷嵿):鈥擺from yas] m. Name of a man ([plural] his descendants and a [particular] school; cf. 测腻蝉办补), [K膩峁環aka; 膧艣val膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra] (cf. [P膩峁噄ni 2-4, 63]).
2) 驰腻蝉办补 (啶ぞ啶膏啶�):鈥�m. ([from] yasku) [patronymic] of the author of the Nirukta (or commentary on the difficult Vedic words contained in the lists called Nigha峁囜弓us; he is supposed to have lived before P膩峁噄ni; cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 156 etc.]), [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺; 峁歡veda-pr膩ti艣膩khya; Mah膩bh膩rata]
3) [plural] the pupils of 驰腻蝉办补, [P膩峁噄ni 2-4, 63 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Yaskaaran, Yaskadi, Yaskanirukta, Yaskayani, Yaskayaniya, Yaskopanishad.
Full-text (+2518): Paingi, Nirukta, Yaskanirukta, Nighantu, Vaiyaska, Shakapuni, Aupamanyava, Yaskayani, Niruktabhashya, Niruktakrit, Gairikshita, Aikapadika, Shakatayana, Yaskopanishad, Katthakya, Kraushtuki, Carmashiras, Abhyamana, Naighantuka, Abhihuti.
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The concept of Vaishvanara in Vedic literature (by Satyanarayan Rath)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Part 2 - Religion in the Atharvaveda-Parisistas < [Chapter 2c - General study of the Atharvaveda-Parisistas]
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
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