Quotes:Amarasinha

Zirkoff, Boris

Amara (or Amarasinha). Hindu Buddhist Sanskrit lexicographer, fl. about middle of 6th century A. D. His dictionary, the *Amarakośa (See App. p. 362), known also as the Namalinganusasana or Trikanda (mean, “in three parts”), superseded all previous similar works, and occupies same dominant position in lexicography as Panini’s work does in grammar. Essentially a dictionary of synonyms ; words being arranged acc. to subject-matter. Contains 1,500 verses.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 369