Semantics and Etymology in Yāska’s Nirukta: The meghaḥ … mehati iti sataḥ Type of Etymological Explanation

This paper provides a new interpretation of a type of etymological explanation (T) characteristic of Yāska’s Nirukta. The proposed interpretation sheds light on Yāska’s distinctive ideas on the relation between semantics and etymology. Exemplified by the occurrence meghaḥ … mehati iti sataḥ, T conve...

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Main Author: Visigalli, Paolo (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-143
Further subjects:B Nighaṇṭu
B Semantics
B Nirukta
B Etymology
B Yāska
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