https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Abhidhana 2026-08-29T22:56:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abhidhana&diff=179628&oldid=prev 2020-12-30T13:28:53Z

<p>removed <a href="/wiki/Category:Sanskrit" title="Category:Sanskrit">Category:Sanskrit</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Sanskrit_words_and_phrases&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Sanskrit words and phrases (page does not exist)">Category:Sanskrit words and phrases</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more citations needed|date=March 2010}}<br /> <br /> An &#039;&#039;&#039;{{IAST|abhidhāna}}&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|अभिधान}}, {{IPA-sa|ɐbʱɪdʱaːnɐ|IPA}}) is a kind of [[dictionary]] or [[vocabulary]] of [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]. Its purpose was to be used as a general guide for [[lexicography]] and word choice. Many of these works had been created in India. One of the oldest of them is the &#039;&#039;Abhidhana ratna - mala&#039;&#039;, of [[Halayudha]] Bhatta of the 7th century.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} The Abhidhana Chinta-mani of [[Hemachandra|Hema-chandra]], a celebrated [[Jainism|Jaina]] writer of the 13th century, is often mentioned as among the best. {{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}<br /> <br /> The sixty-four &#039;&#039;kalas&#039;&#039; ([[fine arts]] and [[crafts]]) as mentioned by Ancient Indians include &quot;Abhidhana kosa cando jnana&quot; or the use of lexicography and meters as one of them.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * &quot;History of Sanskrit lexicography&quot; by Madhukar M. Patkar. [[New Delhi]]: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1981<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sanskrit words and phrases]]<br /> [[Category:Lexicography]]</div>

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