The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Containing Appendices on Sanskrit Prosody and Important Literary and Geographical Names in the Ancient Hist. of India

With over 700 pages, this is a good dictionary for students of Sanskrit and a valuable addition to any home. Sanskrit is a complex language, with many words having multiple meanings that are quite different from each other. This dictionary deals with such multiplicity well, presenting a solid range of nuances, contexts and meanings for such words. Also, concepts related to Hindu philosophy and characters from the Itihasas are explained in great detail, which is a big plus.Do note that it is essential to be familiar with the Sanskrit varnamala and Devanagri script, as there are no English transliterations for Sanskrit words.The 3 appendices on Sanskrit prosody, important writers in Sanskrit, and important geographical areas of Ancient India make for very interesting reading.The Sanskrit language is said to contain approximately 10 million words (vis-à-vis 1 million in English), covering every aspect of life, art, science, emotions, philosophy and so on. While this dictionary may not be an exhaustive list of all 10 million, it’s certainly a good starting point to dive into the ocean that is the Devabhasha (Language of the Gods.)

The letters very small can be better , otherwise good book to use

First impression and brief look through is very positive! I'm a beginning-intermediate student of sanskrit, and this fills my needs for a thorough dictionary very well.

The dictionary is very well made and is very informative, font is very readable . Overall the dictionary is must for a beginner or a intermediate student. If you want to read Vedic text, you may want to get some book else.

It serves the purpose. But paper quality is not that good.

Useful for sanskrit learning students

An exhaustive and useful dictionary.

The book is good and to my expectations. The printing is very clear and visible for reading. But CARE should have been taken while bringing these books to stand.The bottom of the page 199/200 is torn completely.

This is a very clear and in depth dictionary except I feel let down by one thing. There is no randomised version of the Sanskrit words and no suggestion as to the pronunciation of the word entry. I don't know Sanskrit well enough yet to read it so at the moment the dictionary is quite useless. Can anyone recommend a Sanskrit dictionary with supported randomised wording?

Le premier mot que j'ai recherché, je ne l'ai pas trouvé : saMsRtau. Contrairement à Monier, de nombreux mots apparentés avec juste une terminaison différente obtiennent des entrées séparées, alors que sont regroupés sous une seule entrée beaucoup de mots avec changement de préfixe. Allez voir. Mais le plus ennuyeux était le manque de traductions des exemples contextuels des mots. En gros, excellent dictionnaire si vous en savez assez pour ne pas en avoir besoin. Pas trop content de cet ouvrage du XIXe siècle qui met plus à la charge de l'étudiant que ne le ferait une approche plus moderne. Pour les curieux, j'ai eu plus de chance sur sanskritdictionary.com : saṃsṛtau =in the material world.

Al comprar este diccionario, se debe tener en cuenta que es un diccionario para estudiantes. Es una edición rústica, las pastas son de cartón y las páginas de un papel similar al del periódico, aunque no tan delgado. La impresión en algunas partes es borrosa, pero legible. No contiene los significados védicos de las palabras, está más dirigido a la literatura clásica. Es muy fácil de transportar y es muy conciso, muy adecuado para el estudiante. En general, es un buen producto.

Ce dictionnaire nécessite d'avoir des bases de sanskrit avant. Du moins d'en lire l'alphabet.Au delà de ce premier point, le dictionnaire est ok, peu cher, et la qualité de l'impression, du papier ou de la reliure sont bonnes.

This printed edition has some definitions contrary to practice in hinduismRam described improperlykrishna reffered to negetively.The explanations seem to have been translated with bias to hindu dieties.