The relation between Yāska’s Nirukta and the Vedic literature has been discussed by several scholars, but other than focusing on etymologies, it has been insufficiently studied. This article casts further light on the Vedic background of the Nirukta by considering three kinds of evidence. First, it explores the occurrences of nir-√vac in the Atharvaveda and in the Brāhmaṇas. Next it studies a method for classifying mantras that is first advanced in the Brāhmaṇas and then elaborated in the Nirukta. Third, it argues that Yāska’s model of nirvacana analysis was informed by a particular kind of Vedic etymology involving the opposition between evident (pratyakṣa ‘present before the eyes’) and cryptic (parokṣa ‘out of sight’) names.

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Yaska 的 Nirukta 的吠陀背景

几位学者讨论了Yāska的Nirukta与吠陀文献之间的关系，但除了关注词源之外，还没有充分研究。本文通过考虑三种证据进一步阐明尼鲁克塔的吠陀背景。首先，它探讨了《无上吠陀》和《梵天》中 nir-√vac 的出现。接下来，它研究了一种分类咒语的方法，该方法首先在梵天中进行，然后在尼鲁克塔中详细说明。第三，它认为 Yāska 的涅槃分析模型是由一种特殊的吠陀词源提供的，涉及明显的（pratyakṣa '在眼前'）和神秘的（parokṣa'看不见'）名称之间的对立。