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Apte, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (AE)

AE is Vaman Shivram Apte's Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (1920) — the English→Sanskrit Apte, the reverse of his Sanskrit→English dictionaries. Look up an English word and get its Sanskrit equivalents — the tool for composing Sanskrit.

At a glance​

CodeAE (GitHub repo ApteES)
Full titleThe Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary
AuthorVaman Shivram Apte
Year / size1920 · ~501 pages
DirectionEnglish → Sanskrit
AccentsNo
Sourcecsl-orig/v02/ae/
OpenBasic · List · Advanced · Mobile
DataDownloads · Scans
csl-docae.rst
Three Aptes

AE (this page) is the English→Sanskrit dictionary — for writing Sanskrit. AP90 (1890) and AP (1957–59) are his Sanskrit→English dictionaries — for reading it.

When to use it​

Reach for AE when you have an English word and need the Sanskrit — composition, translation into Sanskrit, or finding the right term. For reading Sanskrit, use the Sanskrit→English dictionaries (AP90, MW).

Looking up a word​

Open the Basic display, type an English headword, and choose your output script for the Sanskrit equivalents (see Encoding & Transliteration). See Search & Display.

Reading an entry​

AE sets the English headword in {@…@} and tags the Sanskrit equivalents with <s>; sense groups are marked with circled letters/numbers. The entry A, An (csl-orig/v02/ae/ae.txt):

<L>1<pc>001<k1>a<k2>a, an
{@A@}, {@An@}¦,Ⓐ(As an article) not <ab>ex.</ab>; ‘a man’ <s>naraH</s>.
Ⓑ{@2@} (One) <s>eka</s>.
Ⓑ{@3@} (Indefinite) <s>kiM</s> with <s>cit, cana</s> or <s>api</s>. …
In the sourceMeaning
{@A@}, {@An@}the English headword(s)
Ⓐ … Ⓑsense groups
<s>naraH</s>, <s>eka</s>the Sanskrit equivalents (rendered to your output script)
<ab>ex.</ab>"expressed (by)" — a usage cue

See Data Formats for the markup reference.

What makes it distinctive​

  • English → Sanskrit. The composition tool — the reverse of the reading dictionaries.
  • Part of the Apte set. Completes the trio with AP90 and AP.

See also​