The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A dictionary very well prepared and can be of great value to the student of Sanskrit. It follows the format of a well known English dictionary. I take great pleasure in recommending it to students who wish to develop an executive mastery of Sanskrit. I also recommend its companion volume viz. English-Sanskrit dictionary to those students whose first language is English.

Really good and very useful. The physical get-up (paper, print etc) could use an improvement

I took a chance in purchasing this book 'used', as I would have saved $20. I don't regret that decision, because there's no way of telling this book is used. It's in mint condition. Many congratulations to the seller for this quality and price. Would recommend this seller for any book!

good clean book

I just bought this dictionary today. It's only 15 dollars, but is a big red book with large pages and three columns and has lots of examples of word combinations. I was studying Chinese, actually, but it looked so nice and inexpensive too, that I found myself at the register buying it. Next, I thought I'd search for the Upanishads, etc., in Sanskrit so I can start reading through them and drawing fun boxes around the words I find in this wonderful dictionary. So then I sit at my desk at work and open up the first page, and in the Preface on page iiv it says "With this object in view I have not thought it necessary to include Vedic words of Vedic senses of words..." And then I flipped through and saw lots of words like names of quail species and bark-garments and on page 629 a word that means "breaking wind downwards" whatever that means..., but proportionately less for philosophy. I wanted to see words that mean enlightenment and fifteen ways to say nirvana... But I haven't used it yet, these are just my first impressions. But it's inexpensive, big yet handy, so I'd go ahead and buy one. And that's why I give it a "4." Thanks, Bruno

The standard Sanskrit Dictionary for Sanskrit students is the Monier-William dictionary ... However, packing it around takes the entire back pack. For early years of study, the Apte dictionary is an adequate volume to pack around. However, you'll still need a Monier-William at home.

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

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.

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 print needs significant improvement.

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.

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?