Amara‐Kosha

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Amara‐Kosha

(Sk.)

The “immortal vocabulary”. The oldest dictionary known in the world and the most perfect vocabulary of classical Sanskrit ; by Amara Sinha, a sage of the second century. (TG). Sanskrit lexicon by Amarasinha, also called Namalinganusasana or Trikanda. Zirkoff cites K. Govind Oka’s edition (Poona, 1913) and H. T. Colebrooke’s translation (Serampore, 1808; third edition, Calcutta, 1891). (BCW 5:362).

Some links:

• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Амаракоша

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