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	[[File:Amarakosha.jpg\|thumb\|~~Cover of a modern copy of Amara kosha~~]]		[[File:A Sanskrit manuscript of the Amarakosha along with a Newar-language commentary.jpg\|thumb\|A 19th-century Amarakosha manuscript with [[Newar language]] commentary from [[Nepal]].]]
	'''Amarasimha''' ([[IAST]]: '''Amara-siṃha''', c. CE 375) was a [[Sanskrit]] [[grammar]]ian 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.{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}}<ref name=Rice1970>''Amarakosha'' compiled by [[Benjamin L. Rice\|B. L. Rice]], edited by N. Balasubramanya, 1970, page X</ref> Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of [[Vikramaditya]] of 7th century.<ref name=Rice1970/><ref name=Chambers>"Amara-Simha" in ''[[Chambers's Encyclopædia]]''. London: [[George Newnes Ltd\|George Newnes]], 1961, Vol. 1, p. 311.</ref> Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrated ''[[Amara-Kosha]]'' (IAST: ''Amarakośa'') (''Treasury of Amara''). The first reliable mention of the ''Amarakosha'' is in the Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of [[Amoghavarsha]] (814-~~867CE~~)<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Mirashi\|first1=Vasudev Vishnu\|~~authorlink1~~=~~Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi~~\|title=Literary and Historical Studies in Indology\|date=1975\|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]\|isbn=9788120804173\|pages=50–51\|~~url~~=~~https://books.google.com/books?id=X0JUwf2BXVAC~~\|~~language~~=en}}</ref>		'''Amarasimha''' ([[IAST]]: '''{{IAST\|Amara-siṃha}}''', {{Circa\|CE 375}}) was a [[Sanskrit]] [[grammar]]ian 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.{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}}<ref name=Rice1970>''Amarakosha'' compiled by [[Benjamin L. Rice\|B. L. Rice]], edited by N. Balasubramanya, 1970, page X</ref> Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of Vikramaditya of 7th century.<ref name=Rice1970/><ref name=Chambers>"Amara-Simha" in ''[[Chambers's Encyclopædia]]''. London: [[George Newnes Ltd\|George Newnes]], 1961, Vol. 1, p. 311.</ref> Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrated ''[[Amara-Kosha]]'' (IAST: ''{{IAST\|Amarakośa}}'') (''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)<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mirashi \|first1=Vasudev Vishnu \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0JUwf2BXVAC&pg=PA50 \|title=Literary and Historical Studies in Indology \|date=1975 \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|isbn=9788120804173 \|pages=50–51 \|language=en \|authorlink1=Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi}}</ref>

	The ''Amarakosha'' is a lexicon of Sanskrit words in three books, and hence is sometimes called the ''Trikāṇḍī'' or the "Tripartite". {{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}} It is also known as "Namalinganushasana".<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Mukherjee\|first1=Sujit\|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850\|date=1998\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|isbn=9788125014539\|page=15\|~~url~~=~~https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC~~\|accessdate=6 July 2017~~\|language=en~~}}</ref> The ''Amarakosha'' contains 10,000 words, and is arranged, like other works of its class, in metre, to aid the memory.		The ''Amarakosha'' is a lexicon of Sanskrit words in three books, and hence is sometimes called the ''Trikāṇḍī'' or the "Tripartite".{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}} It is also known as "Namalinganushasana".<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Mukherjee \|first1=Sujit \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA15 \|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 \|date=1998 \|publisher=Orient Blackswan \|isbn=9788125014539 \|page=15 \|language=en \|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref> The ''Amarakosha'' contains 10,000 words, and is arranged, like other works of its class, in metre, to aid the memory.

	The first chapter of the ''Kosha'' was printed at [[Rome]] in Tamil character in 1798. An edition of the entire work, with English notes and an index by [[Henry Thomas ~~Colebrooke\|HT~~ Colebrooke]] appeared at [[Serampore]] in 1808. The Sanskrit text was printed at [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] in 1831. A French translation by [[Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps\|ALA Loiseleur-Deslongchamps]] was published at Paris in 1839. {{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}} [[~~Benjamin L. Rice\|~~B. L. Rice]] compiled the text in [[Kannada script]] with meanings in English and Kannada in 1927.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rice\|first1=Benjamin Lewis\|authorlink1=Benjamin Lewis Rice\|title=Amarakōśa vemba nāmaliṅgānuśāsanavu, Iṅglish Kannaḍa artha mattu padagaḷa paṭṭi sahita\|date=1927\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=9788120602601\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuujuWMmv0wC}}</ref>		The first chapter of the ''Kosha'' was printed at [[Rome]] in Tamil character in 1798. An edition of the entire work, with English notes and an index by [[Henry Thomas Colebrooke]] appeared at [[Serampore]] in 1808. The Sanskrit text was printed at [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] in 1831. A French translation by [[Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps\|ALA Loiseleur-Deslongchamps]] was published at Paris in 1839.{{sfn\|Chisholm\|1911}} [[B. L. Rice]] compiled the text in [[Kannada script]] with meanings in English and Kannada in 1927.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rice\|first1=Benjamin Lewis\|authorlink1=Benjamin Lewis Rice\|title=Amarakōśa vemba nāmaliṅgānuśāsanavu, Iṅglish Kannaḍa artha mattu padagaḷa paṭṭi sahita\|date=1927\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|isbn=9788120602601\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuujuWMmv0wC}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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[[File:Amarakosha.jpg|thumb|Cover of a modern copy of Amara kosha]]
'''Amarasimha''' ([[IAST]]: '''Amara-siṃha''', c. CE 375) was a [[Sanskrit]] [[grammar]]ian 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.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref name=Rice1970>''Amarakosha'' compiled by [[Benjamin L. Rice|B. L. Rice]], edited by N. Balasubramanya, 1970, page X</ref> Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of [[Vikramaditya]] of 7th century.<ref name=Rice1970/><ref name=Chambers>"Amara-Simha" in ''[[Chambers's Encyclopædia]]''. London: [[George Newnes Ltd|George Newnes]], 1961, Vol. 1, p. 311.</ref> Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrated ''[[Amara-Kosha]]'' (IAST: ''Amarakośa'') (''Treasury of Amara''). The first reliable mention of the ''Amarakosha'' is in the Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of [[Amoghavarsha]] (814-867CE)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mirashi|first1=Vasudev Vishnu|authorlink1=Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi|title=Literary and Historical Studies in Indology|date=1975|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=9788120804173|pages=50–51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0JUwf2BXVAC|language=en}}</ref>

The ''Amarakosha'' is a lexicon of Sanskrit words in three books, and hence is sometimes called the ''Trikāṇḍī'' or the "Tripartite". {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} It is also known as "Namalinganushasana".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Sujit|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850|date=1998|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125014539|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC|accessdate=6 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> The ''Amarakosha'' contains 10,000 words, and is arranged, like other works of its class, in metre, to aid the memory.

The first chapter of the ''Kosha'' was printed at [[Rome]] in Tamil character in 1798. An edition of the entire work, with English notes and an index by [[Henry Thomas Colebrooke|HT Colebrooke]] appeared at [[Serampore]] in 1808. The Sanskrit text was printed at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in 1831. A French translation by [[Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps|ALA Loiseleur-Deslongchamps]] was published at Paris in 1839. {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} [[Benjamin L. Rice|B. L. Rice]] compiled the text in [[Kannada script]] with meanings in English and Kannada in 1927.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Benjamin Lewis|authorlink1=Benjamin Lewis Rice|title=Amarakōśa vemba nāmaliṅgānuśāsanavu, Iṅglish Kannaḍa artha mattu padagaḷa paṭṭi sahita|date=1927|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120602601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuujuWMmv0wC}}</ref>

==References==
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'''Attribution:'''
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Amara Sinha|volume=1|page=781}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040513012824/http://sanskrit.gde.to/doc_z_misc_amarakosha.html Amarakosha Sanskrit text]

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