[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2195 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2195 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2195 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2195) YĀSKA. The author of the Nirukta, the oldest known gloss upon the text of the Vedic hymns. Yāska lived before the time of Pānini, who refers to his work, but he was not the first author who wrote a Nirukta, as he himself refers to several predecessors. See Nirukta. - [Previous: c5.2194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2194) - [Next: c5.2196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2196) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2195) · Pramāṇa