Sarup, Lakshman (ed.) (1967), The Nighaṇṭu and the Nirukta. The oldest Indian treatise on etymology, philology, and sementics. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Texts

• Nighaṇṭu
  The Nighaṇṭu, in five chapters (adhyāya), is a list of Vedic words giving synonyms, rare words, deity names, etc. The Nighaṇṭu forms the basis for Yāska's Nirukta.
• Nirukta
  The Nirukta is one of the oldest Sanskrit linguistic texts. It comments on and etymologises Sanskrit words, many among them from the Nighaṇṭu, a list of Vedic words. The Nirukta has received a few...

Authors

• Yāska
  Yāska is the author of the Nirukta.