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Borooah, English-Sanskrit Dictionary (BOR)

BOR is Anundoram Borooah's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (1877) — a substantial English→Sanskrit dictionary by the pioneering Assamese scholar, giving Sanskrit equivalents and illustrative sentences for English headwords. A tool for composing Sanskrit.

At a glance​

CodeBOR (GitHub repo BOR)
Full titleEnglish-Sanskrit Dictionary
AuthorAnundoram Borooah
Year / size1877 · ~772 pages
DirectionEnglish → Sanskrit
AccentsNo
Sourcecsl-orig/v02/bor/
OpenBasic · List · Advanced · Mobile
DataDownloads
csl-docbor.rst

When to use it​

Reach for BOR to render English into Sanskrit, with example sentences. It complements Apte's English-Sanskrit (AE) — two independent English→Sanskrit dictionaries. For reading Sanskrit, use MW or Apte (AP90).

Looking up a word​

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

Reading an entry​

BOR sets the English headword in {@…@}, divides senses with <div>, and gives illustrative phrases in {%…%}. The entry A (csl-orig/v02/bor/bor.txt):

<L>1<pc>001<k1>a<k2>a
{@A@}¦ {%or%} (before vowels) AN: <div n="I">I This article
has no equiv. in Sanskrit and is expressed
by the singular number alone: <div n="xe">{%there is a%}
{%large silk-cotton tree on the banks of the Godavari%}</div>
In the sourceMeaning
{@A@}the English headword
<div n="I">a sense division
<div n="xe">an example (the English of which is given, with its Sanskrit rendering)
{%…%}the illustrative phrase

See Data Formats for the markup reference.

What makes it distinctive​

  • English → Sanskrit, with examples. Sanskrit equivalents plus illustrative sentences.
  • A landmark Indian-authored dictionary (1877). By Anundoram Borooah.

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