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    The Amarakosha (Devanagari: अमरकोशः , IAST: Amarakośaḥ , ISO: Amarakōśaḥ) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam (Devanagari: नामलिङ्गानुशासनम् ,...
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  • largely unexplained and have not been fully understood. According to the Amarakosha and the Padma Purana, the nine nidhis are: The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An...
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    mention of the Amarakosha is in the Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of Amoghavarsha (814-867 CE) The Amarakosha is a lexicon of...
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    puts 'riṣi' at the seventh place in the eightfold division of Brāhmanas. Amarakosha (the famous Sanskrit synonym lexicon compiled by Amarasimha) mentions...
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    hands. This is the second name given to the goddess Adi Parashakti in Amarakosha, the Sanskrit lexicon (Goddess Parvati names- Uma, Katyayani, Gauri, Kali...
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  • Jan Gonda, Brill, ISBN 978-9004037403, pages 34–36 "Knowledge-Net of Amarakosha (अमरकोश-ज्ञान-जालम्)". "शासना at Spokensanskrit.org". Alex Comfort and...
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  • Skandagupta. Concept Publishing Company. p. 90. ISBN 978-81-7022-251-4. Amarakosha compiled by B. L. Rice, edited by N. Balasubramanya, 1970, page X Kālidāsa...
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    is uncertain that the Vedic term referred specifically to Ganesha. The Amarakosha, an early Sanskrit lexicon, lists eight synonyms of Ganesha: Vinayaka...
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  • the first text that could now be called a thesaurus. In Sanskrit, the Amarakosha is a thesaurus in verse form, written in the 4th century. The study of...
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    named after the Vindhya Range. According to the author of a commentary on Amarakosha, the word Vindhya derives from the Sanskrit word vaindh (to obstruct)...
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    Dashavataras of Vishnu, who was a different person from Gautama Buddha, based on Amarakosha and other Buddhist texts. Kulayarāja Tantra Divine presence Sanghyang...
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  • dynasty and they were divided into two on the basis of their profession. Amarakosha gives Abhira as synonym for Gopa. The 8 rulers of the Gopala dynasty include :...
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    Naushirwan of the age. According to the Padachandrika, a commentary on the Amarakosha in Sanskrit, Brihaspati Mishra, a Brahmin from Kulingram (present-day...
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  • then began learning to speak and write Sanskrit, from texts such as the Amarakosha and to chant the Vedas under the strict tutelage of his father. When Krishnamacharya...
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    Adi Buddha refer to the Vishnu avatar, not to Gautama Buddha, based on Amarakosha and other Buddhist texts. In 1999, Śaṅkarācārya of Kanchi, Śrī Jayendra...
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  • instructor of a tol, wrote numerous commentaries on Sanskrit texts like Amarakosha, and produced miscellaneous works on grammar and lexicography. The Vallal...
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  • Kshatriyas. Other scriptural law books, such as Yajnavalkya Smrti and Amarakosha, describe them as born of a male Vaishya and female Shudra.[page needed]...
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    summary 21-70 Pancaratra texts, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Pingala-Sutras, Amarakosha, etc. Regional geography 114-116 Mithila (now Bihar), rivers, forests...
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  • Atma Shatakam, Manisha Panchakam, more.. Agattiyar Agattiyam Amara Simha Amarakosha Andal Tiruppavai, Nachir Tirumozhi Akṣapāda Gautama Nyāya Sūtras Anandavardhana...
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  • and the one that belonged to Bhagadatta, the king of Pragjyotisha. The Amarakosha, a thesaurus of Sanskrit, mentions the names of eight male elephants that...
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  • Gopalas. In the Mahabharata, Arjuna also calls the Abhiras as Gopalas. The Amarakosha mentions Gopa, Gopala, Gosamkhya, Godhuk and Ballava as the synonyms for...
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    bodhisattva)), the Vamana Purana, the Garuda Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Amarakosha and the Kama Sutra of Vātsyāyana. The occurrence of a plant known as da...
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  • generally associated with the elephant-headed god of wisdom, Ganesha. The Amarakosha, a thesaurus of Sanskrit, mentions the names of eight male elephants,...
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    closely allied and lived in or around Bahlika (Bactria).[citation needed] Amarakosha makes references to the Saffron of Bahlika and Kashmira countries. Similar...
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  • Bhugola, Vajra Kavacha, Jnana Chudamani, Virata Gita, Ganesha Vibhuti, and Amarakosha Gita. The most influential work of this period was Atibadi Jagannath Das's...
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  • of Rana rule in Nepal. Manas Manjari (ISBN 9789937266697) Translated Amarakosha into Nepali Sanskrit- Nepali dictionary Radhawlankar (2016 BS (1959-1960))...
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  • His father died when he was two years old. Devudu, who learned Sanskrit Amarakosha, Sabda and Raghuvamsha as a child at the age of five, had his primary...
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  • himself. He also wrote works on the Vishnu Purana, Srimad Bhagavata, Amarakosha in three kāṇḍas, Bhartrhari and Sri Shankara Sookti Muktavali. He edited...
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    Subbavadhani(1913–1985), a ghanapāṭhī and Sanskrit scholar himself. He memorized Amarakosha, a Sanskrit thesaurus at the age of five. After mastering Krishna Yajurveda...
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  • the homonymous and generic terms. Mandalapuruder follows the style of Amarakosha in this regard. Mandalapuruder is also the author of a poem in praise...
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