Nirukta (palavra sânscrita, lit, “não evidente”; explicação, interpretação etmológica") é uma das seis Vedangas ou disciplinas obrigatórias para o estudo da literatura védica, especialmente para a compreensão dos Brahma-sutra .

What Nirukta means in Sanskrit As far as sandhi vicched of the word "Nirukta" is concerned - it consist two composite sysllables - "Nih" Ni with ":" visargah and "Ukta" . Nih represents negative connotation with literally meaning of "Not Having" or "without"; Ukta means "Said" uttered, put forth in …

The opening pages of Yaska's Nirukta Vedanga text (Sanskrit, Devanagari script)

Nirukta is a Sanskrit word that means “explained” or “interpreted.” It is one of the six auxiliary disciplines known as the Vedangas, which support the study of the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures. Nirukta is the study of etymology and is concerned with proper interpretation of the Sanskrit words, given their context in the ancient texts.

Nirukta, or etymology was one of the six vedangas or compulsory subjects in the syllabus of Vedic scholarship in ancient India. Lexical categories and parts of speech Yāska defines four main categories of words: nāma – nouns or substantives ākhyāta – verbs upasarga – pre-verbs or prefixes nipāta – particles, invariant words (perhaps prepositions)

The Traditional Nighantu According to Yaska (Nirukta 1.20), the Nighantu was a collection of rare or difficult words gathered by earlier sages for easier understanding of Vedic texts that perhaps they may not have fully understood themselves. The collection comprises five adhyāya s or chapters, in three kāṇḍa s or books:

Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ('The Heart of Self-Recognition') is an eleventh-century treatise written by Kashmiri philosopher Rajanaka Kṣemarāja.. Overview. The text elucidates the main tenets of the pratyabhijñā system in a succinct set of sutras, expounding the core of the philosophy and explaining how self-recognition arises within, culminating in the consciousness of 'Shivoham' (I …