vyākaraṇa

Hinduism

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disciplines of Vedic erudition

  • Ravana
    In Hinduism: The Vedangas

    …only one late representative, (3) vyakarana (analysis and derivation), in which the language is grammatically described—Panni’s grammar (c. 400 bce) and the pratishakhyas are the oldest examples of this discipline—(4) nirukta (lexicon), which discusses and defines difficult words, represented by the Nirukta of Yaska (c. 600 bce), (5) jyotisa (luminaries),…

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