Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates 鈥楴eed for the present study鈥� of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or 鈥渓exicography鈥� category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
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Need for the present study
The popularity of 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 is evident from the fact that it has more than eighty commentaries, of which only about ten are published and the rest are found in manuscripts. But there has not been much study done on 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 or its commentaries despite the fact that the editions of 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 by, 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 G. Oka, Dr. Hardutt Sharma and Dr. N. G. Sardesai and A. A. Ramanathan carry introductions of great academic value. The 础尘补谤补办辞艣补sya V膩t膩yan膩t, by Dr. Rama Dubalish[1] and N膩mali峁単膩nu艣膩sane P膩峁噄n墨yaprabh膩va岣� by Prof. Janamaddi Ramakrishna[2] are major studies done on 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 While studies on 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 themselves are quite few, only much less can be stated about its commentaries.
Except the study on the commentary of 闯腻迟补谤奴辫补 by Dr. Mahesh Raj Pant[3], no other study on commentaries on 础尘补谤补办辞艣补 has been done in detail. It is to be noted that 闯腻迟补谤奴辫补's commentary is available only in fragments. Hence the 础尘补谤补办辞艣辞诲驳丑腻峁璦苍补, the earliest fully available commentary of 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍, is taken up here for a detailed critical study.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 2000.