A Sanskrit English Dictionary 2005 Deluxe Edition: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, (English and Sanskrit Edition)

Thanks so very much for sending this dictionary from a neighboring country. I will keep and study it as a piece of treasure. Solute to the pioneer scholar of Sanskrit language.

It is a very large dictionary. The words have also some grammatical information. When a word is known to be cognate to a word in Latin, Greek, Gothic, Lithuanian, this is often indicated. Sometimes even Slavic is indicated, which really refers to Old Church Slavic. Occasionally even an Avestan cognate is indicated under the label Zend, but often not, unfortunately, after all, Avestan is a closer relative of Sanskrit. I see from some reviews here that some reviewers had trouble with the binding, paper or font, thankfully the copy I got had no such problems.

Shipped from India and arrived in just a few days! Great dictionary.

I had the best experience from this company.Wonderful productBest customer serviceprofessionalism, kindness and always helpful

The text looks like a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of something printed a long time ago using small fonts. It is also printed on very thin, cheap paper, so the material printed on the other side of each page, as well as the the printing on the adjacent pages show right through. The book also uses variant fonts instead of classical Sanskrit fonts. All of this makes this book a poor product and a real hassle to use.

the binding broke the first time I opened the book I found it impossible to find words that I new that were Sanskrit not user friendly for English as a first language . for finding words Found the set up useless

The great dictionary, must have item.I got this for my sister who is studying Yoga to be a certified Yoga teacher soon.Since she lives in Japan, she does not have many choices of the Sanskrit-English dictionary, I purchased this one for her.She uses and loves this dictionary.Great price too!

The first problem people seem to be having with this famous dictionary is that some of the more recent reprints of the original Clarendon Press edition (especially the Indian ones) are physically of very poor quality: not only are they poorly printed on inferior paper, but they also come with a shoddy binding that is just not going to stand up to the sort of handling a heavy dictionary gets. Books such as this (and there are many being published today) seem to me almost to have been deliberately designed to self-destruct after minimal use.The only solution to this problem is not to buy a later reprint in the first place. Instead, look for a used copy of the earlier UK-produced Clarendon Press edition. This was well-printed on quality paper, stitched so that it opens flat without the spine cracking, and bound in a durable cloth. If you are lucky enough to find one of these you will be getting a real book that will be a pleasure to handle and will stand up to many years of heavy use.The second problem that some people run into is that the dictionary itself can, because of its arrangement, be difficult to use. An excellent solution to this problem has been provided by Charles Wikner in his 'A Practical Sanskrit Introductory' (1996).This is a superb and extremely useful 146-page Sanskrit tutorial in 15 lessons which, besides teaching Sanskrit pronunciation, Devanagari, and some basic principles, has also been designed, as Wikner says, "to lift the English-speaking student who knows nothing of Sanskrit to the level where he can intelligently [use] Monier-Williams' dictionary."He explains that Lessons 12-14 "penetrate Monier-Williams' dictionary through its four levels of alphabetical order, and suggest strategies for finding difficult words." After studying these three lessons, users should have no further difficulty with the dictionary; in fact, it will become a real pleasure to use.The author has generously made his book freely available and it can be downloaded from: [...]

I was very disappointed with this dictionary. I am learning Sanskrit and even with a magnifying glass I couldn’t read the Devanagari script

I was advised by my Sanskrit teacher to get this edition. Great dictionary, Monier's dictionary is the one to have for anyone who is studying Sanskrit and who wants to delve deeper and stay with it!!

I am very pleased with this item, it being functional and quite extensive, it also looks good.This item arrived on time and in perfect condition.

My mother tongue is Bengali which is derived from Sanskrit. So it very useful for reference purposesThe content is fine but printing quality could have been better.Yes, I shall most likely recommend to friends

Very good dictionary, but this print is a little poor.