Nirukta

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Hindu philosophical text Vedanga Vedic auxiliary discipline

Nirukta is one of the six classical Vedangas of Hindu scholarship, focused on explaining the etymology and semantic interpretation of Vedic words and passages.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosophical text ⓘ Vedanga ⓘ Vedic auxiliary discipline ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify obscure Vedic terms ⓘ provide etymological derivations ⓘ
associatedWith	Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedic ritual ⓘ
concerns	meaning of archaic Vedic words ⓘ relationship between word and meaning ⓘ
context	Vedic scholarship ⓘ
describes	methods for interpreting Vedic vocabulary ⓘ
field	Vedic exegesis ⓘ etymology ⓘ semantics ⓘ
focusesOn	explanation of Vedic words ⓘ semantic interpretation of Vedic passages ⓘ
goal	preservation of correct understanding of Vedic texts ⓘ
hasAspect	philological analysis ⓘ theological interpretation of terms ⓘ
influenced	Hindu hermeneutics NERFINISHED ⓘ later Sanskrit lexicography ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf	Six Vedangas NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInTradition	one of the six limbs of the Veda ⓘ
relatedDiscipline	Chandas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jyotisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalpa NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiksha NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Nighantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	traditional Vedic education ⓘ
tradition	Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	etymological analysis ⓘ semantic classification of words ⓘ

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Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition) → contrastedWith → Nirukta ⓘ

subject surface form: Vyākaraṇa