Amarasimha is the name of a :

Amarasimha is the name of a :

famous lexicographer of ancient India
Rajput king of Chalukya lineage
poet mentioned by Kautilya in his Arthashastra
dance form of Odisha
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2015
The correct answer is A, identifying Amarasimha as a famous lexicographer of ancient India.
– Amarasimha (अमरसिंह) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India.
– He is renowned as the author of the ‘Amarakosha’ (अमरकोश), which is a celebrated thesaurus or lexicon in Sanskrit.
– The Amarakosha is organized thematically and is structured as verses to aid memorization.
– Amarasimha is traditionally placed in the court of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), who ruled during the Gupta period (around 4th-5th century CE).
The Amarakosha is one of the most important Sanskrit dictionaries and has been widely studied and commented upon for centuries. Its structure and content provide valuable insights into the vocabulary and classification of knowledge in ancient India. He is considered one of the nine gems (Navaratnas) in the court of Vikramaditya.
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