Sanskrit Manuscripts : Amarakoṣa

Amarasiṃha

Sanskrit Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'> The <i>Amarakoṣa</i> by Amarasiṃha, probably a Buddhist author, is the most renowned Sanskrit lexicographical work, seemingly composed around the middle of the first millennium CE. "The bulk of the <i>Amarakoṣa</i> is a synonymic dictionary whose articles are grouped subjectwise" (Vogel 1979: 311). The fame of the "Immortal Lexicon" goes far beyond the boundaries of the Indian Subcontinent, as testified by its renderings in Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, Sinhalese and Burmese, among others. A further proof of its importance and popularity is the number of commentaries dedicated to it: at least eighty, of which many still remain unpublished. This heavily annotated Nepalese palm-leaf manuscript is probably to be dated to the 14th or the 15th century. </p>