<P> The Amarakosha ( Devanagari : अमरकोशः , IAST : Amarakośa ) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam ( Devanagari : नामलिङ्गानुशासनम् , IAST : Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam ) a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha . It is the oldest extant kosha . The author himself mentions 18 prior works , but they have all been lost . There have been more than 40 commentaries on the Amarakosha . </P>
<P> The Amarakosha ( Devanagari : अमरकोशः , IAST : Amarakośa ) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam ( Devanagari : नामलिङ्गानुशासनम् , IAST : Nāmaliṅgānuśāsanam ) a thesaurus in Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha . It is the oldest extant kosha . The author himself mentions 18 prior works , but they have all been lost . There have been more than 40 commentaries on the Amarakosha . </P>
who wrote the text amarkosha during the gupta age
who wrote the text amarkosha during the gupta age
Amarasimha
Amarasimha