A Sanskrit-English Dictionary Based upon the St Petersburg Lexicons [Paperback]

A SanskritEnglish dictionary, first published in 1891 and still consulted by students.This one-volume SanskritEnglish dictionary, first published in 1891, provides a glossary for Sanskrit texts which were at the time becoming available in printed editions in Europe. Its aim was to provide a handbook for the beginner studying the language but also to aid the student of comparative linguistics.This one-volume SanskritEnglish dictionary, first published in 1891, provides a glossary for Sanskrit texts which were at the time becoming available in printed editions in Europe. Its aim was to provide a handbook for the beginner studying the language but also to aid the student of comparative linguistics.This one-volume SanskritEnglish dictionary, first published in 1891, is an English version of the seven-volume Sanskrit-Worterbuch, published at St Petersburg between 1852 and 1875, and contains about 50,000 entries. The aim of the editor, Carl Cappeller, was to provide a glossary for Sanskrit texts which were at the time becoming available in printed editions in Europe, particularly 'such works as are most appreciated and studied by every friend of Sanskrit literature'. He hoped that it would provide 'not only a handbook for the beginner in Sanskrit, who wants to have as many words as possible explained to him, but also to serve the purposes of the linguistic student, whose interest is limited to the old stock of words and their relations to other languages'. The dictionary has stood the test of time and is still consulted by students of Sanskrit.Preface; List of abbreviations; Dictionary.