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'''Amarakosha''' (Skt. ''Amarakośa''; Tib. འཆི་མེད་མཛོད་, [[Wyl.]] ''chi med mdzod'') — a thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar [[Amarasingha]]. It is the oldest extant work of its kind and there have been numerous commentaries. It has found its way into the Tibetan [[Tengyur]] and is the source of a famous verse listing all the epithets of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. | '''Amarakosha''' (Skt. ''Amarakośa''; Tib. འཆི་མེད་མཛོད་, [[Wyl.]] ''chi med mdzod'') — a thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar [[Amarasingha]] (Skt. Amarasiṃha). It is the oldest extant work of its kind and there have been numerous commentaries. It has found its way into the Tibetan [[Tengyur]] and is the source of a famous verse listing all the epithets of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:10, 11 September 2018
Amarakosha (Skt. Amarakośa; Tib. འཆི་མེད་མཛོད་, Wyl. chi med mdzod) — a thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasingha (Skt. Amarasiṃha). It is the oldest extant work of its kind and there have been numerous commentaries. It has found its way into the Tibetan Tengyur and is the source of a famous verse listing all the epithets of Buddha Shakyamuni.
