Multiple Levels Of Meaning, Nirukta’s Lessons For Contemporary Lexicography By Dr. Nagaraj Paturi

Описание: The #Nirukta is one of the six #Vedāṅga-s, or auxiliary disciplines of the #Vedas. It is considered the “ear of the Vedapuruṣa,” (Sarasvati, 2008, p. 345) or an essential text for understanding the Vedas. Attributed to #Yāskācārya, a Ṛṣi who has been called “the first etymologist of the world,” (Mishra, 2022, p. 234) the Nirukta is a commentary on the #Nighaṇṭu, a compilation of Vedic words.

The Nirukta is the earliest surviving work of its kind, and it aims to decipher the meaning of Vedic passages through etymological analysis of words, keeping in mind the context of the Vedic texts. In his introduction to Nirukta published over a 100 years ago, Lakshman Sarup—the first person to submit a D.Phil thesis at #Oxford—elaborated, in substantial detail, on #Yāska’s contribution to #INDICASymposium#etymology, #philology, and #semantics. Sarup observed that Yāska was “the first writer on etymology” (Sarup, 1920, p. 56) and “the first to treat it as a #science by itself.” (ibid.) He also noted that some of Yāska’s arguments about words were “strikingly modern.” (Sarup, 1920, p. 65)

David Zilberman has rightly called the Nirukta a “polythematic” (Zilberman, 1988, p. 90) text, meaning that it covers a wide range of topics related to #language and meaning. It is a profound and important work, and despite being “… the world’s first text of interpretation…” (Kapoor, 2013, p. 94), it appears to not be as well-known (Poll) as it should be. This symposium aims to contribute to addressing this lack of awareness.
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