Students' Sanskrit English Dictionary [Hardcover]

Vaman S. Apte (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2007

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 664 pages
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass (January 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8120800443
• ISBN-13: 978-8120800441
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,636,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #58 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Sanskrit

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a concise lexicon, with usable entries, April 12, 1999

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This review is from: Students English Sanskrit Dictionary (Hardcover)

Apte's dictionary is one of the handiest sanskrit lexicon's around. While nothing can beat Monier-Williams' for thoroughness, Apte's brief entries are highly usable. He has restricted himself to listing only the more frequent uses of words and roots. most entries do list multiple definitions, as well as examples of usage culled from Sanskrit literature. This is a good portable dictionary. It served me quite well for the first two years of Sanskrit study. As with all books published in India, there are occassional pages where it is difficult to read the print--don't complain, this is part of the Sanskrit experience. It is good preparation for reading manuscripts.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Dictionary - Serves its purpose, September 14, 2007

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Pankaj Gupta "Pankaj Gupta" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (Paperback)

Its a nice dictionary. If you have an english text that you want to translate to Sanskrit - this book might be a very valuable resource for that.

HOWEVER, keep in mind that this is 'English - Sanskrit' dictionary. It has words in English, and definitions/same meaning words in Sanskrit. Maybe, what you are looking for is a 'Sanskrit - English' dictionary. The same author also has that dictionary and I'm sure it's good.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly successful so far, April 19, 2009

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D. Waite (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Student's English Sanskrit Dictionary - Sanskrit (Hardcover)

Since my memory is not so brilliant these days, I wanted this book principally to look up those spiritual terms which I knew I had encountered but could not remember. Having used it now a number of times, I reckon the success rate is probably around 80%. The failures may, however, be my own fault! The book is clearly aimed at students studying the language and contains such distinctly unspiritual words as 'telephone' and 'electric'. This means that there are very many words that are not relevant to my purpose and whose presence is likely to create a 'wood for trees' effect. Also, the quality of printing is not always perfect. Apart from that, it serves the purpose well!

Dennis Waite, author of Back to the Truth: 5000 years of Advaita