[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.s2.26 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s2.26 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s2.26 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2.26) In lexicography the large \*nigaṇḍu\* (lexicon) called \*Pingalam\* after its author belongs to this period. Its topical divisions are different from those of \*Divākaram\*, the earliest extant lexicon composed by Divākara under the patronage of a Śendan of Ambar sometime in the eighth century A.D. Little is known of the author of \*Pingalam\*; he is mentioned in the \*Nannūl\* and seems to have been a Śaiva. - [Previous: c19.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2.25) - [Next: c19.s2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2.27) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Piṅkala Nikaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.nikantu.pinkalam) — Piṅkalar, Tamil - [Cēntaṉ Tivākaram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.nikantu.tivakaram) — Tivākarar, Tamil --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s2.26) · Pramāṇa