The history of Sanskrit dictionary is, perhaps, older than that of the Sanskrit Grammar. It got started with Vedic Concordance named ‘Nighantu’. In reality, instead of being a dictionary, Nighantu is more or less a word. During later period, various dictionaries were compiled but, unfortunately, we have lost their original scripts.
Amara Simha’s ‘Amarakosa’ has been considered to be the oldest and most popular compilation. It is also known as Namalinganusasana. in later period, Halayudha-kosa, Vaijayanti-kosa, Mankha-kosa, Nama-mala and Anekartha-samgraha etc. names are worth mentioning.
Two voluminous dictionaries compiled in the 19th century are – Vacaspatyam and Sabdakalpadruma, which stand apart their modern style and technique, Both the volumes are replete with the quotes from the contemporary literature to explain the words convincingly. These, thus may be called a bridge between the dictionary and the encyclopedia.
In the modern times, Sanskrit English Dictionary of H.H. Wilsonm, W. Monier and Sanskrit Worterbuch of Oto Bohtlingk’s and Sanskrit English Dictionary by Vamana Sivarama Apte are the excellent works in this tradition.
Sabda Kalpadruma is a well known Sanskrit lexicon compiled by a few Bengali scholars at the instance of Raja Radhakanta Deb of Bengal. In this book, the words have been analyzed into their base-forms and suffixes, their genders determined and their Sanskrit synonyms noted.
I have downloaded the files but files are not opening with Acrobat reader and giving some error.
I checked the links. There is no difficulty at all in opening the files. Make sure that you are using the latest version of adobe acrobat reader. These files have been downloaded by hundreds of people.
Could you please help me from where I can download Nirnaya Sindhu, Dharma Sindhu in Sanskrit and Hindi with good quality pdf. I have been searching a lot for a few days on various sites but I am not getting the desired result.
Giving below links to Dharmasindhu and Nirnayasindhu that I found using Google search.
I find that pages 692 and 693 of vol.2 of sabdakalpadruma are mssing. can you insert them ?
Thank you 4 this worke. Now everybudy can read these dictionarys.
Oh, really wonderful job you have done. In the first volume of Vachaspatya, only 51(In computer 219)pages I can open and not the rest. What is the reason?
To check the link, I downloaded and opened the file just now. All pages are opening. May be, there was some problem when you downloaded it and the file got corrupted. Pl download it again. It should be okay.
You are right, the file was incomplete. I have replaced it with a complete version of the book. I have also revised the download link.
Thank you for pointing out this deficiency.
Some one is transcripting this most important work in Roman from the Devnagar script… almost V volumes is close to finish.. and its is available shorty to the scholars of Sanskrit Words..
Could you please provide more details of this work – who is working on this and what is the current status?
Both the dictionaries were written around 150 years ago by Sanskrit scholars from Bengal. More details about these books and their authors are there inside the book. Please download at least one volume and read the introductions and prefaces.
These are not ongoing projects. I read somewhere that Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (New Delhi) has brought out a CD-ROM of “Sabdakalpadruma”. You may contact them via their website for more details.
I have purchased these two dictionaries few years ago from Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. I am asking for the details of the transcription work Dr. SK Dwivedi mentioned above.
I have forwarded your comment to Dr Dwivediji.
did we get the response from Dr.SK Dwivedi on translation of shabdakalpadhrumah into roman (english)? Do we know who is doing it and if it available either in book form or online?
The above Sanskrit lexicon softwares can be installed on PC, laptop, ipad or android phones.
I agree with you. These rare books were published first almost 100 years back and what we have on here is their scan made available by Digital Library of India. I have read that these books were recently re-published by Rasthriya Sanskrit Sansthan. I have not seen them; I heard from a friend that they have used the old typesetting – may be considering the difficulty of typesetting and proof-reading thousands of pages.
why don’t you allow us to read your dictionary!
I am not able to understand your question. All the books (5 volumes of Sabda Kalpadruma & 6 volumes of Vachaspatyam) mentioned in the post are available for download. I think you did not notice the download links. Please look for the download links and click on them to download the dictionaries. Also, please write to me in case you come across any difficulty.
Appriciable attempt in favour of Sankrit Seva..
Your service to sanskrit is very great.Congratulations.
I am glad that you visited my blog and were benefited by my humble efforts. I have visited your folder at scribd.com and also downloaded some rare books from there.
Namaste.May the lord bestow you all with health,peace and glory as these are sustained efforts whose worth would be realized not just by reading but by AbhyAsA with Bhakthi.The soul is self luminous as it is, but few of us realize in our precious lives.These would be the cornerstone on which we would leave indriyAs behind and attain NirvAnA.”JantUnAm Narajanma Durlabham”.SarveshAm Mangalam Bhavathu.
Can post all CBSE Sanskrit Books here .
We cannot post them without permission from CBSE Board. It is not an easy task. The goal of this blog is to make available Sanskrit books in public domain. It is good to focus on that.
Yours is a memorable and remarkable service to the cause of Sanskrit.
It’s an amusing site to download all of our necessary books. thank you all for giving us this type of facility…………..
There are different versions of Vaidic Padanukrama Kosa.
If you mean Vaidika Padanukrama Kosa (16 volumes) of Viswabandhu Sastri, most of the volumes are available at Digital Library of India. Since these volumes might still be under copyright, I cannot post them on this blog. You will have to download them from DLI site.
Ind DLI site if you search with Vedic word complete Vaidika Padanukrama Kosa is available.
Please read the post fully before asking for help. Links to all volumes are there within the post.
This is great help for research workers and lovers of our ancient culture.
Keep up the good work. I have downloaded Shabdkalpadruma and found many interesting information hitherto not known or not easily available.
Glad to know that you liked this blog. Thanks for visiting this blog and also for your kind words of appreciation.
I am post Graduate in English Litrature.It was through this western language that I was ignited and attracted to the language of Sanskrit Lexicon ,language and Literature.Your efforts to provide the desired literature is laudable.I wish you all my best wishes and that the Sanskrit language of Rishi/Muni may rule the world.
I am also greatful to Rishi Dayanand Saraswati who opened the vista of VEdas and Sanskrit to all mankind.
Glad to know that you like this blog. I am also an admirer of Maharshi Dayanand. I have read his Satyarthaprasha and some other works.
I am glad that our Samskr’tham language preservation is done wisely.
I want shabdakalpadruma and vachaspatyam on my mobile. pls guide me how to get it.
I have no idea about how this can be done. If you post a query at Samskrita Google group somebody might guide you.
is it a sanskrit word or not?
I am really happy to know about this site. I learnt sanskrit in the year 1970-71. I am interested to learn subhashitas.
Would like thank all for making effort to bring back Sanskrit to front, engaging people to learn.
I am interested in 1)Vasudeva Samhita 2) Pranava Kalpa Druma 3) ghanta swadurachana. If you can kindly help me in locating these books, I will be very very greatful.
It would be easier for me to locate these books if you could provide their bibliographical details such as author, publisher, year of publication, etc.
Thank you for providing me the dictionary. It was really helpful to me. I was searching since many days for a site where I could get ancient sanskrit literature.But now I think my search is completed. Its really appreciable work.
Thank you for providing the dictionary. I was searching since many days for a site where I could get ancient sanskrit literature. But I feel now that my search is completed.The work is really appreciable.Thanks once again.
Thanks very much for this excellent effort. This is truly amazing to find almost anything you need here. That said, I am still in search of a commentary on any of kalidasa’s kavya which are student oriented (MandopakaariNi, with word by word meaning). If you come across any such book please do let me know.
I want to teach sanskrit to my eight year old son.
Please suggest books which are available for download from the internet.
for last two days I am trying to download shabd Kalpadruma volumes… but it’s showing”server nt found”..
I checked Sabda Kalpadruma links just now. They are working. If you are not able to download them, you may have to contact your system administrator.
I have downloaded the volumes of Vachaspatyam & shabd-lakp-druma (except vol 5) .
the script seems to be having BENGALI alphabets MIXED along WITH DEVANAGARI alphabets.
Are there any NEW EDITIONS of these books available which have COMPLETE DEVANAGARI script?
I don’t know about modern print versions of Vachaspatyam & Sabda Kalpadruma. (None of the reprints are newly typeset). Best option is to use dict files of Vachaspatyam & Sabda Kalpadruma available at http://www.aupasana.com/stardict which can be installed in computers, pads or mobile phones. Additional advantage is that they have searchable text, which can be copied and pasted anywhere in email, articles & books.
Download links are already provided in the blog. You can download pdf files of the book from those links.
(3)is the book “bruhad dhatu kusumakar” available? I tried to check on web.
I have not come across English translation of Ramasrami tika anywhere on the internet. It is not listed at worldcat.org too.
Brihad Dhatu Kusumakara is a recent publication and is copyrighted. Please do not request for soft copies of copyrighted books. It is against the policy of this blog.
I have been going thru Vachaspatyam….
BUT I couldnt find the list of these “abbreavaition & the full name of book” eg. “Kumaa.” is “kumaarasambhav”.
The requested url is blocked, based on the blocking Instruction order received from the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.
Please let me know why this page is blocked by the Govt.
I checked the download links of Sabdakalpadruma and Vachaspatam just now. All links are working.
Let me know the detailed meaning of skanda as according to niruktha and vyakarana vakya vigraha.
Sivanandan, I could not find any entry for Skanda in Nirukta. Valmiki Ramayana provides the following explanation for the name Skanda (courtesy: http://valmiki.iitk.ac.in).
Translation: काकुत्स्थ O Rama, ज्वलनोपमम् equal to flaming fire, महाभागम् very fortunate, गर्भपरिस्रवात् embryo from womb, स्कन्नम् descended, कार्तिकेयम् Karthikeya, स्कन्द: इति will be known as Skanda, देवा: devatas, अब्रुवन् spoke.
O scion of the Kakusthas, Karttikeya lustrous like flaming fire, was very fortunate Descended from the womb of the Ganga, he is named Skanda by the gods.
Scholars of the above groups will surely provide you more detailed reply to your query.
namaskara IS chaturvargachintamani pdf is available ?
Could any one inform how our country came to be known as BHARATAVARSHA. What does VARSHA indicate here?
Giving below a few links that I find on initial search. You will find more if search more.
Shatapath Brahman vol. 1., 4990010218265. Bhattachrya, Bidhushekhar, tr.. 1909. bengali. RELIGION. THEOLOGY. 260 pgs.
Shatapath Brahman vol. 2., 4990010095229. Bhattacharya, Bidhushekhar, tr.. 1911. bengali. RELIGION. THEOLOGY. 182 pgs.
Madhyandin Shatapath Brahman, Vol. 1- 2 ., 4990010059722. Bhattacharjya, Bidhushekhar Tr. . 1909. bengali. Literature. 564 pgs.
Rajesh, I have not come across these books in Malayalam.
sir i badly require a very rear book namely ‘shabdarnavam’ by vaschpati . i am a professor at madras sanskrit college. i badly require this book can u pls help me.
Sir, I think Vachaspati’s Sabdarnava was only partially published in 3 or 4 parts in ‘Journal of American Oriental Society’ by Robert Birwe between 1965 and 1968. Copies of these journals should be available in your University library.
In case you are sure that this kosa is published in complete, please provide its publication details. I will try to locate it.
I am glad to inform that u are very very thankful for providing this book and links .Please give the link or provide the books for our necessity(Viswamitra Sahmita in sanskrit)and like these ancient vedic and culture books. thanks.
Namaste .For the following volumes The URL is banned.
This type of block is occurred. What I have to download them.
I checked the links. They are working. Some setting in your PC/device is causing the problem. Try from some other computer.
Sir, I have sent mail to you in reply to this.
dear sir, i by mistake gave you a wrong email address of mine therefore I am sending you my new email address along with my mobile no.(0930037788) if you need to contact me any further. I have made several mistakes in my previous post and I request you to neglect them and read them duly corrected. Please send your reply email again. Thanking you for your anticipation and help.
I have forwarded the mail to your new email address.
very good work. most useful to students and scholars of Sanskrit. All volumes downloaded. thank you.
i would like to paint a picture for my children with their names on it an the “Om Kumara Kushalo Dayayei Namaha” mantra.
To do this, i would like to paint this mantra in Sanskrit.
But i can`t find any template in sanskrit writing.
Can yuo help me an show me the rigt sanskrit writing for this mantra?
आपकी सेवा को कोटिशः धन्यवाद !!!
I had seen it during Google search sometimes. It seems it is copied from Sanskrit Wikisource. BTW, Vachaspatyam, Sabdakalpadruma and several other Sanskrit kosas and dictionaries are now available in various digital formats on the internet. Most convenient of them are the stardict files which can be installed on PCs, mobile phones, and other electronic devices.