…Years of birth and death unknown. Wrote the Nirukta (Etymology), the only surviving work on etymology, one of the auxiliary sciences (Bedānga) for the Vedic tradition. The verses of the Rig-Veda, the oldest of the Vedic texts, were already difficult to understand at that time, containing words with incomprehensible meanings, and research into the vocabulary needed to interpret such verses had been conducted considerably even before Yaska. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Nirukta" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…生没年不詳。ベーダ伝承のための補助学(ベーダーンガ)の一つである語源学に関する唯一現存する書物《ニルクタNirukta(語源論)》を著した。ベーダ文献の中でも最古のものである《リグ・ベーダ》の詩句は,当時すでに意味不明の語句を含む難解なものになっており,そのような詩句を解釈するための語彙に関する研究は,ヤースカ以前からかなり行われていた。… ※「《Nirukta》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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