Friš, Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary (FRI)
FRI is the vocabulary (glossary) to Oldřich Friš's Sanskrit Reader (1956) — a word-list
for a specific teaching reader rather than a general dictionary. It gives the headwords and
forms occurring in the reader with concise English equivalents.
At a glance
| Code | FRI (GitHub repo FRI) |
| Full title | Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary |
| Author | Oldřich Friš |
| Year / size | 1956 · ~349 pages |
| Direction | Sanskrit → English |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/fri/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
When to use it
FRI is most useful alongside its reader — to gloss the words in those passages. For a
general dictionary use Monier-Williams (MW) or Apte (AP90). Compare
Lanman's Reader Vocabulary (LAN), the same idea for a different reader.
Looking up a word
Open the Basic display, pick your input/output transliteration (see Encoding & Transliteration), and type the headword. See Search & Display.
Reading an entry
FRI entries are terse glossary lines — the headword, part of speech, and cross-references. The
opening entry (csl-orig/v02/fri/fri.txt):
<L>1<pc>011<k1>a<k2>a
I a- pron., cf. a-tas, a-tra &c.
| In the source | Meaning |
|---|---|
<pc>011 | page reference (p. 11) |
a- | the headword (search key <k1> is SLP1) |
pron. | part of speech (pronoun/pronominal) |
cf. a-tas, a-tra | cross-references to related forms |
See Data Formats for the markup reference.
What makes it distinctive
- A reader's glossary, not a general dictionary — scoped to the words in Friš's reader.
- Terse, cross-referenced entries for study alongside the text.
Headword key conventions
<k1> = <k2> = SLP1 stem. FRI is a compact reader's glossary — entries are terse (headword, part-of-speech, cross-reference). Page number only, no column.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | SLP1 stem | a | k1 = k2 |
| Part-of-speech | Abbreviation in Latin / Czech | pron. | Labels follow the reader's tradition |
| Page reference | <pc>page (3-digit) | <pc>011 = p. 11 | No column letter |
| Cross-reference | cf. word in plain text | cf. a-tas, a-tra | Points to related entries |
Abbreviations
No machine-readable abbreviation list yet; the legend lives in the scanned front matter. View front matter →
See also
- Lanman's Reader Vocabulary (LAN) — the same idea for Lanman's reader
- Monier-Williams (MW) · Apte (AP90)
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries