[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s1.35 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.35 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.35 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.35) In lexicography, the \*Vaijayantī\* of Yādavaprakāśa, the teacher of Rāmānuja, has commanded great authority in the eyes of later authors; it is a work in two sections—one on synonyms and the other on homonyms. Dhanañjaya, a Digambara Jaina writer (1150) of Karnātaka, compiled the \*Nāmamālā\*, a lexicon of synonyms in about two hundred verses. Jātaveda Dikshita (1250), also from Karnātaka, annotated the \*Amarakośa\* in his \*Brihadvritti\*. Lastly, Vāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāna, whose writings in prose and drama have been noted already, produced two lexicons of merit—\*Sabdaratnākara\* and \*Sabdacandrikā\*. - [Previous: c19.s1.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.34.3) - [Next: c19.s1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.36) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (5) - [Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan - [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.vaijayanti) — Yādavaprakāśa, Sanskrit - [Śabdaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.sabdaratnakara) — Sādhusundaragaṇi, Sanskrit - [Śabdacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.paryaya.sabdacandrika) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Nāmamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.namamala) — Dhanañjaya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.35) · Pramāṇa