The Sanskrit term Nānārthaśabdakośa can be transliterated into English as Nanarthasabdakosa or Nanarthashabdakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)

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

Nānārthaśabdakośa (नानार्थशब्दकोश) is also known as Medinikosa written by Medinikara(13th C.A.D.). In this lexicon the arrangement of the words is according to the final letter and also the number of syllables in each word. As in some other lexicons, the indeclinables are given at the end of the lexicon. Later lexicographers and commentators have quoted this lexicon in their works, which may testify to the merit of the lexicon. The author quotes several authorities. However there are divergent opinions as to its merit. While Aufrecht condemns the lexicon as faulty and records that this lexicon is nothing but a reproduction of Viśvaprakāśa, Śeṣagiri Śāstri, observes that of all the works of the kind Nānārthaśabdakośa is the best.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Nānārthaśabdakośa (नानार्थशब्दकोश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Medinikośa.
—by Mathureśa. See Śabdaratnāvalī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nānārthaśabdakośa (नानार्थशब्दकोश):—[=nānā-rtha-śabda-kośa] [from nānārtha > nānā] m. Name of dictionary

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Kosha, Koca.

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