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An abhidhāna (Sanskrit: अभिधान, IPA:[ɐbʱɪdʱaːnɐ]) is a kind of dictionary or vocabulary of Sanskrit. Its purpose was to be used as a general guide for lexicography and word choice. Many of these works had been created in India. One of the oldest of them is the Abhidhana ratna - mala, of Halayudha Bhatta of the 7th century.[citation needed] The Abhidhana Chinta-mani of Hema-chandra, a celebrated Jaina writer of the 13th century, is often mentioned as among the best. [citation needed]
The sixty-four kalas (fine arts and crafts) as mentioned by Ancient Indians include "Abhidhana kosa cando jnana" or the use of lexicography and meters as one of them.[citation needed]
An abhidhāna (Sanskrit: अभिधान, IPA: [ɐbʱɪdʱaːnɐ]) is a kind of dictionary or vocabulary of Sanskrit. Its purpose was to be used as a general guide for...
book on poetics Mṛta-Sañjīvanī, a commentary on Pingala's Chandaḥ-śāstra Abhidhana-ratna-mala, a lexicon Halāyudha Kośa, a dictionary Indian mathematicians...
Anandavardhana and Abhinavagupta in his works. Abhidhan-Chintamani (IAST abhidhāna-cintāmaṇi-kośa) is a lexicon while Anekarth Kosha is a lexicon of words...
Abithana Chintamani is an encyclopedia in Tamil language written by A. Singaravelu Mudaliar (1855 - 28 January 1931). It was the first comprehensive encyclopedia...
'Ranna' called 'Ranna Kanda' (ರನ್ನ ಕಂದ) in 996 AD. Other dictionaries are 'Abhidhana Vastukosha' (ಅಭಿದಾನ ವಾಸ್ತುಕೋಶ) by Nagavarma (1045 AD), 'Amarakoshada Teeku'...
(Tattvartha Sutra, Puranas, Kosh, Sravakacara, mathematics, Nighantus etc.). "Abhidhana Rajendra Kosha" written by Acharya Rajendrasuri, is only one available...
Ganesha. The earliest literary reference to Ganesha in Jainism is in Abhidhāna chintāmani of Hemachandra (c.a. third quarter of the 12th century CE)...
that the Puranas mention the rule of 13 Murunda kings, and Hemachandra's Abhidhana-Chintamani describes Murunda as people of Lampaka (in present-day Afghanistan)...
Early Odia dictionaries such as Gitabhidhana (17th Century), Sabda Tattva Abhidhana (1916), Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha (1931) and Promoda Abhidan (1942)...
Herukābhyudaya (Realization of Heruka); Abhidhānottara (The Continuation of the Abhidhāna or Discourse); Caturyoginīsampuṭa (The Union of the Four Yoginīs); Yoginīsaṃcāra...
medical remedy. chalitaka-yoga — art of practicing as a builder of shrines abhidhana-kosha-cchando-jnana — art of the use of lexicography and meters. vastra-gopana...
Reflections on the Decline and Fall of East Pakistan (1996) Ma (1960) Nirghanta-abhidhana (1970) Ekattorer Smriti (1993) Arbi Sahiyer Itibritya "The Wastes of Time"...
Bengal from long time before Sri Chaitanya. In the Gaudiya Vaishnava Abhidhana, it is stated that Jayadeva found his Radha Madhava Deities in this river's...
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