Aufrecht, Catalogus Catalogorum (ACC)
ACC is Theodor Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum — not a word dictionary but the great
bibliographical catalogue of Sanskrit works and authors, indexing titles and names against
the manuscript catalogues in which they appear. A finding-aid for Sanskrit literature.
At a glance
| Code | ACC (GitHub repo ACC) |
| Full title | Catalogus Catalogorum |
| Author | Theodor Aufrecht |
| Size | ~1216 pages |
| Type | Bibliographical catalogue (works & authors) |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/acc/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
| csl-doc | acc.rst |
When to use it
Reach for ACC to find where a Sanskrit work or author is catalogued — its subject and the
manuscript catalogues that list it. It indexes literature, not vocabulary; for word meanings use
Monier-Williams (MW).
Reading an entry
Each entry is a title or author (<k1>) with a subject tag and abbreviated catalogue
references. The first entry (csl-orig/v02/acc/acc.txt):
<L>1<pc>1-001,1<k1>aMSadaSA<k2>aMSadaSA
{#aMSadaSA#}¦ jy. Rice 28.
| In the source | Meaning |
|---|---|
<pc>1-001,1 | page-column reference |
{#aMSadaSA#} | the work title Aṃśadaśā (search key <k1>) |
jy. | subject abbreviation — jyotiṣa (astronomy/astrology) |
Rice 28 | the catalogue reference (Rice's catalogue, p. 28) |
See Data Formats for the markup reference.
What makes it distinctive
- A catalogue of catalogues. The standard index of Sanskrit works and authors.
- Bibliographical, not lexical — it points to manuscripts and catalogues.
Headword key conventions
<k1> = <k2> = SLP1 (Sanskrit title or author name as the search key). ACC is a bibliographic catalogue, not a word dictionary — entries identify works and their locations in manuscript catalogues.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | SLP1 (title / name) | aMSadaSA | Type the Sanskrit title or author name in SLP1 |
| Subject code | Short abbreviation after headword | jy. = jyotiṣa (astrology) | Subject field of the work |
| Catalogue reference | Catalogue name + page | Rice 28 | The manuscript catalogue that records the work |
| No English gloss | No definition | — | ACC gives location information, not meaning |
Abbreviations
No machine-readable abbreviation list yet; the legend lives in the scanned front matter. View front matter →
See also
- Monier-Williams (MW) — for the meanings of words
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries
- csl-doc acc.rst