《Nighantu》(English spelling) Nighantu

Japanese: 《Nighantu》(英語表記)Nighantu
《Nighantu》(English spelling) Nighantu

…The verses of the Rig-Veda, the oldest of the Vedic texts, were difficult to understand even at the time, including words that were unclear to the eye, and research into the vocabulary needed to interpret such verses had been conducted extensively even before Yaska. Yaska's etymological annotations of the Nighantu (Vocabulary), the only surviving result of such research, were the Nirukuta. The Nighantu collected synonyms, polysemous and difficult words, and classified the names of gods, while Yaska tried to divide the words in this vocabulary as much as possible and find meaningful words therein. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Nighantu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。こうした研究の唯一現存する成果である《ニガントゥNighantu(語彙)》に対し,語源論の立場からヤースカが加えた注釈が《ニルクタ》である。《ニガントゥ》は同義語の収集,多義語・難解語の収集,神名の分類を行っており,ヤースカはこれらの語彙に対し,語をできるかぎり分割していき,そこに意味のある語を見いだそうとした。…

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