Namaste Yajvan,
The Sanskrit-English Dictionary of Monier-Williams is perhaps the most exhaustive Sanskrit Dictionary available. It is in English, and it is filled with etymological suggestions, and scriptural references are given for examples of particular usages. What more could one require?
A
Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Etymologically and Philologically Arranged
With Special Reference to
Indo-European Languages
By
Sir Monier Monier-Williams, M.A., K.C.L.E.
Boden Professor of Sanskrit
Hon. D.C.L. Oxon, Hon. L.L.D. Calcutta, Hon. Ph.D. Gttingen
Hon. Fellow of University College and Sometime Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
New Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Improved
With the Collaboration of
Professor E. Leumann, Ph.D., of the University of Strassburg
Professor C. Cappeller, Ph.D., of the University of Jena
And Other Scholars
Oxford
At the Clarendon Press
1899
Armed with this text, and some understanding of the operation of Sanskrit language, the range of meaning and etymology for most Sanskrit words may be found.
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