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
| Code | AE (GitHub repo ApteES) |
| Full title | The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary |
| Author | Vaman Shivram Apte |
| Year / size | 1920 · ~501 pages |
| Direction | English → Sanskrit |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/ae/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads · Scans |
| csl-doc | ae.rst |
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 source | Meaning |
|---|---|
{@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.
Headword key conventions
<k1> is the English word (the search key); <k2> may list alternate English forms of the same headword (e.g. a, an). Sanskrit equivalents appear inside the entry tagged with <s>…</s>.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | English word (lowercase) | a | Type English to find the entry; not SLP1 |
| Alternate forms in display key | <k2> lists variants | a, an | Captures all forms of the English headword |
| Sense groups | Circled letters Ⓐ, Ⓑ and {@N@} | Ⓐ … Ⓑ{@2@} | Groups usages within an English entry |
| Sanskrit equivalents | <s>word</s> | <s>naraH</s> | Rendered to the chosen output script |
Abbreviations
Grammatical & general 96
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| &c. | Et cetera. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; e. g. रत्नप्रभवस्य यस्य under अनन्त means अनन्तरत्न &c. |
| A | Ātmanepada |
| A. | Ātmanepada |
| Arith. | Arithmetic |
| Bah. comp. | Bahuvrīhi compound |
| D. | Denominative |
| Ex. | Expressed |
| Fig. | Figurative |
| Gen. Ex. | Generally expressed |
| Gen. ex. | Generally expressed |
| Interj. | Interjection |
| Karm. | Karmadhāraya compound |
| Karm. comps. | Karmadhāraya compounds |
| Lit. | Literal, literally |
| Math. | Mathematics |
| Oft. | Often times |
| Opp. | Often times |
| P | Parasmaipada |
| Pass. | Passive |
| Pl. | Plural |
| Pot. | Potential |
| Prefix | Prefix |
| Rs. | Rupees |
| Tat. comp. | Tatpuruṣa compound |
| U | Ubhayapada (Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada) |
| Voc. | Vocative |
| a. | Adjective |
| abl. | Ablative |
| abs. | Absolute |
| acc. | Accusative |
| adj. | Adjective |
| adv. | Adverb |
| c. | Causal |
| cf. | Compare |
| circum. | Circumlocution |
| comp. | Compound |
| compar. | Comparative |
| comps. | Compounds |
| conj. | Conjunction |
| constr. | Construction |
| correl. | Correlative |
| dat. | Dative |
| demon. pron. | Demonstrative pronoun |
| denom. | Denominative |
| deriv. | Derivative |
| desid. | Desiderative |
| du. | Dual |
| dual | Dual |
| e. g. | Denominative |
| ex. | Expressed |
| f. | Feminine |
| fem. | Feminine |
| fig. | Figurative |
| freq. | Frequentative |
| fut. | Future |
| gen. | Genitive |
| gen. abs. | Genitive absolute |
| gen. ex. | Generally expressed |
| gram. | Grammar |
| ibid. | The same. |
+ 36 more — see the full list in the source file
See also
- Apte (AP90) · Apte revised (AP) — the Sanskrit→English Aptes
- Borooah English-Sanskrit (BOR) — another English→Sanskrit dictionary
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries · csl-doc ae.rst