Yaska Acharya is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and grammarian of ancient India. He is believed to have flourished, according to one school as early as during eighth BCE, while according other, as late as during third century BCE. Acharya Yaska is the author of a well known ancient work on etymology of Sanskrit words, known as Nirukta. He is thought to have succeeded Sakatayana, an old grammarian and expositor of the Vedas, as the latter has mentioned the former in his Nirukata. The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. ... This article is about grammar from a linguistic perspective. ... In historical linguistics, etymology is the study of the origins of words. ... Nirukta is Vedic glossary of difficult words. ... This article contains information that is not verifiable. ... The Vedas are part of the Hindu Shruti; these religious scriptures form part of the core of the Brahminical and Vedic traditions within Hinduism and are the inspirational, metaphysical and mythological foundation for later Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra and even Bhakti forms of Hinduism. ...

The Nirukta (etymology) of Yaska is in the form of explanations of words and it formed the basis for later lexicons and dictionaries. It is, in fact, a Vedic glossary of difficult words. The work tells of various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies. In historical linguistics, etymology is the study of the origins of words. ... A lexicon is a list of words together with additional word-specific information, i. ... ... The adjective Vedic may refer to The Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan texts. ... This is a list of glossaries (pages containing terms and their definitions or explanations). ... The adjective Vedic may refer to The Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan texts. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, from μυϑολογειν mythologein to relate myths, from μυϑος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λογος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and...

Nirukta (etymology) of Yaska consists of three parts, viz.:(i) Naighantuka, a collection of synonyms; (ii) Naigama, a collection of words peculiar to the Vedas, and (iii) Daivata, words relating to deities and sacrifices.

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Niruktam sememes