Help On Books

[yajvan]

Hari Om
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Namaste,
Can anyone help? I need to expand my sanskrit dictionary as my appetite is bigger then my library...

Today I use :
Digital Sanscrit Dictionary by Monier Williams ( full works , published 2002)
Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy - John Grimes is author
Dictionary of Astrology - Rajan Publication
I have ordered Nirukta of Yaska - Volume I and II and it was 100% sanscrit which put me at a disadvantage.

Any help on this... As I have great interest in the etmology of the words, this would be a requirement for any additions - English translations is needed also.

Any ideas ?

Pranams,

[sarabhanga]

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. G�ttingen
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.

[saidevo]

Namaste Yajvan.

You may perhaps try this dictionary too:

THE PRACTICAL SANSKRIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Containing Appendices on Sanskrit Prosody and Important
Literary and Geographical Names ofAncient India
by VAMAN SHIVRAM APTE

which can be downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/pract...skri00apteuoft (138 MB, 1184 pages)

As reference books these may also be of help:

1. A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature
by John Dowson
http://www.archive.org/download/acla...00dowsuoft.pdf (42 MB, 464 pages)

2. Popular Maxims in Sanskrit Literature (3 vol.)
collected by Colonel G. A. Jacob
http://www.archive.org/download/hand...01jacoiala.pdf
http://www.archive.org/download/hand...02jacoiala.pdf
http://www.archive.org/download/hand...03jacoiala.pdf

3. Comparative Grammar Of The
Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, German,
And Sclavonic Languages. (2 vol.)
by Prof. F. BOPP.
http://www.archive.org/download/comp...m033076mbp.pdf
http://www.archive.org/download/comp...m033024mbp.pdf

4. The Dictionary of Philosophy
editd by Dagobert D. Runes
http://www.archive.org/details/dicti...fphil029503mbp

[Znanna]

Wow, great stuff there, thanks!


ZN

[yajvan]

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. Göttingen
Hon. Fellow of University College and Sometime Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
New Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Improved

1899

What more could one require?

Namaste,
Thank you all for your help and suggestions...

re: "What more could one require?" - something I can hold in my hands.
As I use Monier Monier-Williams , 2002 addition, today - its electronic and on CD; one must always be close to the computer to do the work. Its nice to sit outside, yes?


A refererence you folks may have? http://sanskritdocuments.org/ one of many... if you need more, there are tons and I am happy to share them per your requests.

Yet, I still like books! I can make notes on the pages, and take my 'fiends' with me when traveling.


Thank you and pranams,

[Znanna]

Namaste,
Thank you all for your help and suggestions...

re: "What more could one require?" - something I can hold in my hands.
As I use Monier Monier-Williams , 2002 addition, today - its electronic and on CD; one must always be close to the computer to do the work. Its nice to sit outside, yes?


A refererence you folks may have? http://sanskritdocuments.org/ one of many... if you need more, there are tons and I am happy to share them per your requests.

Yet, I still like books! I can make notes on the pages, and take my 'fiends' with me when traveling.


Thank you and pranams,

Namaste, yajvan,

I suggest you explore alibris.com, where this text (and many others) may be purchased for a very reasonable price.



ZN/
bibliophile

[sarabhanga]

re: "What more could one require?" - something I can hold in my hands. Its nice to sit outside, yes?

Namaste Yajvan,

If you require a book with more definitions than Monier-Williams Dictionary, you would not want to carry it around ~ for such a font of information, the full dictionary is relatively cheap (at least in India), but it is huge!

Apte's Dictionary is available in various sizes, and it also comes in paper-back. My paperback "Student" edition cost only 60 Rp. !