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Lanman, Sanskrit Reader: Vocabulary (LAN)

LAN is the vocabulary to Charles Rockwell Lanman's A Sanskrit Reader (1884) — the glossary to the standard American teaching reader. Its hallmark is that entries are cross-referenced to Whitney's Sanskrit Grammar by section number. Glosses are in English.

At a glance​

CodeLAN (source in csl-orig/v02/lan; no separate repo)
Full titleA Sanskrit Reader — Vocabulary
AuthorCharles Rockwell Lanman
Year / size1884 · ~403 pages
DirectionSanskrit → English
AccentsNo
Sourcecsl-orig/v02/lan/
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When to use it​

LAN is most useful alongside Lanman's Reader (and Whitney's Grammar) — to gloss the reader's passages and jump to the relevant grammar section. For a general dictionary use Monier-Williams (MW). Compare Friš's Reader Vocabulary (FRI).

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​

LAN sets headwords in {@…@}, glosses and cues in {%…%}, and links Whitney's Grammar sections with <ls n="wg,…">. The opening entry (csl-orig/v02/lan/lan.txt):

<L>1<pc>111-a<k1>a<k2>a<h>1
{@1a,@}¦ {%<ab>pron.</ab> root, see%} {@idam@} {%and%} <ls n="wg,502">502.</ls>
In the sourceMeaning
<pc>111-apage-column reference (p. 111, col. a)
{@1a,@}the headword (the leading 1 is a homonym number)
<ab>pron.</ab> rootthe gloss — a pronominal root
see {@idam@}a cross-reference to another entry
<ls n="wg,502">502.</ls>a link to Whitney's Grammar §502

See Data Formats for the markup reference.

What makes it distinctive​

  • A reader's glossary keyed to Whitney. Entries point to Whitney's Grammar sections.
  • For study with Lanman's Reader — scoped to that text, not a general dictionary.

See also​