Amarsingha
Sign in to saveAlso known as Amara Simha, Amarasimha, Amarasiṃha, Amarasinha, Amara Singha, Amara Sinha
thumb|A 19th-century Amarakosha manuscript with Newar language commentary from [[Nepal.]] Amarasimha (IAST: '''''', ) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," and according to the evidence of Xuanzang, this is the Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) who flourished about CE 375. Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of Vikramaditya of 7th century. Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrate
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It sits within the topics 4th-century Indian poets, Indian Buddhists and Indian male poets.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
- Notable work
- Amarakosha
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- floruit
- 0800-00-00
- writing language
- Sanskrit
- P13311
- Aa
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Amarsingha, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Athamarakosasatika
Amarakocha ou vocabulaire d'Amarasinha publie en Sanskrit avec une traduction francaise, des notes et un index par A. Loiseleur Deslongchamps. 1
Amarakocha ou vocabulaire d'Amarasinha publie en Sanskrit avec une traduction francaise, des notes et un index par A. Loiseleur Deslongchamps. 2
Amarakocha ou vocabulaire d'Amarasinha, 2
Cosha : or Dictionary of the Sanscrit Language ; with an English interpretation and annotations by H. T. Colebrooke
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[The Amarakoṣa or Nāmalingānuśāsana] : [the Trikāṇḍaśesa xand Hārāvalī by Puruṣottamadeva, and the Nāmārthakoṣa by Medinīkara]
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thumb|A 19th-century Amarakosha manuscript with Newar language commentary from [[Nepal.]] Amarasimha (IAST: '''''', ) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," and according to the evidence of Xuanzang, this is the Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) who flourished about CE 375. Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of Vikramaditya of 7th century. Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrated Amara-Kosha (IAST: '') (Treasury of Amara). The first reliable mention of the Amarakosha is in the Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of Amoghavarsha (814-867 CE)
The Amarakosha is a lexicon of Sanskrit words in three books, and hence is sometimes called the Trikāṇḍī or the "Tripartite". It is also known as "Namalinganushasana". The Amarakosha contains 10,000 words, and is arranged, like other works of its class, in metre, to aid the memory.
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