amaradatta

a-mara—datta m. N. of a lexicographer

of a prince, Kathās.

amaradatta (a° + da°) m. N. pr. ein Lexicograph MED. Anh. 2. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 59.

amaradatta N. pr. eines Fürsten KATHĀS. 69, 15.

amaradatta m. ein Mannsname.

amaradatta lexicographer. Quoted by Halāyudha, Medinī-
kara, Rāyamukuṭa, Bhānujī.

1. Amaradatta (No. 43, L. 15; L. 26):

The first part ‘Amara’ means ‘a god’ and the second part ‘datta’

means ‘given’. Thus the whole will mean ‘Given by gods’. He

was an inhabitant of Puṇḍravardhana, and is described as

belonging to Vājasaneyacaraṇa and as versed in the four Vedas.

Amaradatta was also the name of a lexicographer and also

of a prince in the Kathāsaritsāgara.²