A Dictionary, English and Sanskrit

by M. Monier Williams

The great development of the study of Sanskrit, during the later half of the 19th century has necessitated a Reverse Dictionary for all those scholars who devoted themselves to the social, religious and intellectual study of India and Indians. Realizing this the author set out work upon planning this dictionary (1843-51) basing primarily on Amarkosa, Riddle`s English Latin Dictionary, Prof. Wilson`s Sanskrit English Dictionary, the Marathi Dictionary of Captain Molesworth in addition to the code of manu works of Kalidasa, Ramayana and Mahabharata, with the collaboration of other scholars.