Students' Sanskrit English Dictionary - Hardcover

Vaman S. Apte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120800443 ISBN 13: 9788120800441

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, 2011

Synopsis

The present Dictionary is designed to meet the long-felt need of the English knowing reader, who is interested in the study of classical as well as modern Sanskrit.

It covers a very large field - Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Puranas and Upapuranas, Smrti and Niti literature, Darsanas or systems of Philosophy, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poetry in all its Branches, Dramatic and Narrative literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Botany, Astronomy, Music and other technical or scientific branches of learning. It embraces all words occurring in the general post-Vedic literature. It includes most of the important terms in Grammar. It gives quotations and references to the peculiar and remarkable meaning of words, especially such as occur in books prescribed for study in the Indian and foreign universities. It also renders explanation of important technical terms occurring in different branches of sanskrit learning. To add to its usefulness, the work includes three appendices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120800443
• ISBN 13: 9788120800441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 664