Amarakośa (Kāṇḍa-3)

The title has been taken from the marginal abbrevation which reads A. Ko. The Amara kośa is a Sanskrit thesaurus or a type of lexicon which has categorized sanskrit words arranging them in verse form to aid memorization and classification. The text is a valuable resource for learners as well as scholars. It consists of three Kāṇḍas (chapters): (1) Svargādi-kāṇḍa, (2) Bhūvargādi-kāṇḍa, (3) Sāmānyādi-kāṇḍa. This manuscript only contains the third Kāṇḍa which contains adjectives, miscellaneous, homonyms, indeclinables and gender rules of words. The cover page contains a crescent moon dot symbol which generally represents Anunāsika symbol to indicate nasalization of the vowel and Rāma written in the centre. The main text is written in black ink but there is also over written marginal text below or above along side the text like a commentary. There appears to be a folio ordering problem as folio 56 is right after folio 15. rest of the folios are arranged mostly in correct order. Some folios appear yellow in colour because of arscenic for protection against rodents and insects alike. The Ms. is dated in Saṃvat 997.