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
| Code | BOR (GitHub repo BOR) |
| Full title | English-Sanskrit Dictionary |
| Author | Anundoram Borooah |
| Year / size | 1877 · ~772 pages |
| Direction | English → Sanskrit |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/bor/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
| csl-doc | bor.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 source | Meaning |
|---|---|
{@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.
Headword key conventions
<k1> = <k2> = English word (the search key). Sanskrit equivalents and illustrative phrases appear in the entry body. A major English→Sanskrit dictionary by an Indian scholar.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | English word | a | Type English to find the entry; not SLP1 |
| Sense divisions | <div n="I">, <div n="II"> | <div n="I">I … | Roman-numeral sense groups |
| Example phrase | <div n="xe"> | marks an illustrative sentence | Followed by the English phrase in {%…%} |
| English phrase | {%…%} | {%there is a silk-cotton tree%} | Italic; the English phrase to be rendered in Sanskrit |
Abbreviations
No machine-readable abbreviation list yet; the legend lives in the scanned front matter. View front matter →
See also
- Apte English-Sanskrit (AE) — the other English→Sanskrit dictionary
- Monier-Williams (MW) · Apte (AP90) — for reading Sanskrit
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries · csl-doc bor.rst