Amarakosha - wikipedia Amarakosha hide This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2012 ) Some of this article 's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. ( June 2012 ) The Amarakosha ( Devanagari : अमरकोशः, IAST : Amarakośa ) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam ( Devanagari : नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्, IAST : Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam ) a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha. It is the oldest extant kosha. The author himself mentions 18 prior works, but they have all been lost. There have been more than 40 commentaries on the Amarakosha. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Author 3 Textual organisation 4 Commentaries 5 Translations 6 References 7 Bibliography Etymology The word `` Amarakosha '' derives from the Sanskrit words amara ( `` immortal '' ) and kosha ( `` treasure, casket, pail, collection, dictionary '' ). The actual name of the book `` Namalinganushasanam '' means `` instruction concerning nouns and gender ''. Author Main article : Amara Sinha Amarasimha is said to have been one of the Navaratnas ( `` nine gems '' ) at the court of Chandragupta II, a Gupta king who reigned around AD 400. Some sources indicate that he belonged to the period of Vikramaditya of 7th century. Mirashi examines the question of the date of composition of Amarakosha. He finds the first reliable mention in Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of Amoghavarsha ( 814 - 867CE ) Textual organisation The Amarakosha consists of verses that can be easily memorized. It is divided into three khāṇḍas or chapters. The first, svargādi - khāṇḍa ( `` heaven and others '' ) has words pertaining to gods and heavens. The second, bhūvargādi - khāṇḍa ( `` earth and others '' ) deals with words about earth, towns, animals and humans. The third, sāmānyādi - khāṇḍa ( `` common '' ) has words related to grammar and other miscellaneous words. Svargadhikanda, the first Kanda of the Amarakosha begins with the verse ' Svaravyam swarganakathridivatrishalaya... ' describing various names of Heaven viz. Sva, Avya, swarga, Naka, Tridiva, Tridasalaya etc. The second verse ' Amara, nirjara, deva, ' describes various words that are equivalent to word God. The fifth and sixth verses give various names of Gautama Buddha. The following verses give the different names of Brahma, Vishnu, Vasudeva, Balarama, etc. All these names are treated with great reverence which makes it difficult to ascertain Amara Sinha 's theological bent. The second Kanda, Bhuvargadhikanda, of the Amarakosha is divided into ten Vargas or parts. The ten Vargas are Bhuvarga ( Earth ), Puravarga ( Towns or Cities ), Shailavarga ( Mountains ), Vanoshadivarga ( Forests and medicines ), Simhadivarga ( Lions and other animals ), Manushyavarga ( Mankind ), Bramhavarga ( Brahmin ), Kshatriyavarga ( Kshatriyas ), Vysyavarga ( Vysyas ) and Sudravarga ( Sudras ). The Third Kanda, Samanyadhikanda contains Adjectives, Verbs, words related to prayer and business etc. The first verse Kshemankaroristatathi Shivathathi Shivamkara gives the Nanarthas of the word Shubakara or propitious as Kshemankara, Aristathathi, Shivathathi and Shivamkara. Commentaries Amarakoshodghātana by Kṣīrasvāmin ( 11th century CE, the earliest commentary ) Tīkāsarvasvam by Vandhyaghatīya Sarvānanda ( 12th century ) Rāmāsramī ( Vyākhyāsudha ) by Bhānuji Dīkshita Padachandrikā by Rāyamukuta Kāshikavivaranapanjikha by Jinendra Bhudhi Pārameśwari by Parameswaran Mōsad in Malayalam Translations `` Gunaratha '' of Ujjain translated it to Chinese in the 7th century. The Pali thesaurus Abhidhānappadīpikā, composed in the twelfth century by the grammarian Moggallāna Thera, is based on the Amarakosha. References Jump up ^ Amarakosha compiled by B.L. Rice, edited by N. Balasubramanya, 1970, page X Jump up ^ Literary and Historical Studies in Indology, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi,, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1975, p. 50 - 51 Bibliography Krsnaji Govinda Oka, Poona City, Law Printing Press, 1913 Amarakosha at sanskritdocuments.org Amarakosha files by Avinash Sathaye The Nâmalingânusâsana ( Amarakosha ) of Amarasimha ; with the commentary ( Amarakoshodghâtana ) of Kshîrasvâmin ( 1913 ) at the Internet Archive. A web interface to access the knowledge structure in Amarakosha at Department of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad. 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Question: who wrote the text amarkosha during the gupta age
Answer: Amarasimha