Amarakosha
thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha
The Amarakosha is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam, a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha. The name Amarakosha derives from the Sanskrit words amara and kosha. According to Arthur Berriedale Keith, this is one of the oldest extant Sanskrit lexicons.
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edit- An Arya is one who hails from a noble family, of gentle behavior and demeanor, good-natured and of righteous conduct.
- Reported in: Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram, Sarasvati River and the Vedic Civilization: History, Science, and Politics (Aditya Prakashan, 2006), p. 40; reproduced as "Aryan Invasion: History or Politics?", VandeMataram.com
