[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.64 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.64 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.64 - **Language:** English ### [c5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.64) AMARA SINHA. The author of the vocabulary called Amara-kosha. He was one of the nine gems of the court of Vikrama. (See Nava-ratna.) Wilson inclines to place him in the first century B.C. Lassen places him about the middle of the third century A.D., and others incline to bring him down later. - [Previous: c5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.63) - [Next: c5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.65) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.64) · Pramāṇa