The Sanskrit term Nānārthārṇavasaṃkṣepa can be transliterated into English as Nanartharnavasamksepa or Nanartharnavasamkshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)

Source: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 AD

Nānārthārṇavasaṃkṣepa (नानार्थार्णवसंक्षेप) is one of the major lexicons of homonyms written by Keśava who lived somewhere in the 12th or 13th C.A.D. The lexicon contains about 5800 verses arranged in six kāṇṇās. The arrangement is according to the number of syllables in a word. The kaṇṇās are further divided into sections depending on the genders of the words, viz., strilingādhyāya, pumilingādhyāya, napumsakalingādhyāya, vacyalingādhyāya and nānālingādhyāya. The arrangement is according to alphabetical order. The lexicon also deals with Vedic words, not generally dealt in most of the nonVedic lexicons. Authorities like Vaijayanti, Medini, Sakatayana and others have been quoted in the text itself.

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Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.

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Partial matches: Sankshepa.

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