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Online Sanskrit Dictionary
Introduction
The following is a list of Sanskrit words printed in Devanagari with its transliterated form and a short meaning
provided as a reference source. This cannot be a substitute for a good printed Sanskrit-English dictionary. However,
we anticipate this to aid a student of Sanskrit in the on-line world.
The list of words is a compilation from various sources such as messages on sanskrit-digest, translated documents
such as Bhagavadgita, atharvashiirshha, raamarakshaa et cetera, and other files accessible on the web. The words
are encoded in ITRANS transliteration scheme so as to print them in Devanagari.
There is a copyright on this file to the extent of preventing misuse on other internet sites and ego-trips of
individuals.
We recommend not to copy and post this file on any other site since we periodically update and correct this list and
we do not want different versions of file floating around the internet. We have seen people copying this work and
calling of their own.
We request you to provide corrections, and more importantly many such additions from your own collection.
The list has been arranged according to Devanagari sequence.
The transliteration according to ITRANS (older 3.2) scheme is given by
For other examples, see texts on Sanskrit Documents site at http://sanskrit.gde.to/ or its mirror at
http://sanskrit.bhaarat.com the document project.
There is an excellent freeware available for Itrans users, called Itranslator98/99, written by Swamis at Omkarananda
Ashram. Please download and install it from http://www.omkarananda-ashram.org/Sanskrit/Itranslt.html The .itx
version of this file is directly viewable in the software allowing text display in Devanagari as well as
Roman+diacritics marks.
For those interested in volunteering to encode, proofread, or translate Sanskrit documents we suggest you access
volunteer help file from http://sanskrit.gde.to/ OR http://sanskrit.bhaarat.com in the document project. The site
contains additional information on Sanskrit projects. A file of frequently asked-answered questions (FAQ) is
available at http://sanskrit.gde.to/sanskritfaq.html
Please join us in collecting word = meaning lists with word encoded in strict ITRANS scheme format.
Please contact sanskrit@cheerful.com for additional details.
We appreciate your contribution to make this effort successful.