Dear Colleague,
Nirukta 7.5-7 give a general assessment, 8-10 are more particular, 11-13 go even farther and pedantically. After that each god is individually treated.
There is a note on anthropomorphism according to the Nirukta in Indian Etymologists and their Etymologies,
Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata 2002:31. Some comments will be found in Maxmueller's History of Sanskrit literature, 1858(?). There are other stray comments elsewhere but no comprehensive treatment.

Best
DB


From: Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural@YAHOO.COM>
To: INDOLOGY@liverpool.ac.uk
Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012 5:55 AM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] role of Nirukta in Vedic mythology

What is the place of the Daivata Kanda of Nirukta in understanding Vedic mythology?

Best,

Dean Anderson