Vaman Shivram Apte : The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Containing Appendices on Sanskrit Prosody, Important Literary and Geographical Names of Ancient India.

Reprint of 1965 edition.

The main feature of this dictionary is that it has aimed at being practical. With this view the author has added quotations and references to the peculiar and noteworthy senses of words. to a student, they are very useful, as the, supply him with apt illustrations of the senses of words, and enable him to provide himself with a large stock of choice, indiomatic expressions which are so abundant in the language. Another noticeable feature of the Dictionary is that it give full explanations of the more important technical terms, particularly in Nyaya, alankara, vedanta, grammar nd dramaturgy, with quotations in Sanskrit whereever necessary. Mytholgoical allusions in the case of all important personages have been briefly but clearly explained, so as to give the reader most of the facts connected with them. Some of the most common Nyayas or Maxims have been collected under the word Nyaya for easy reference.