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
| Code | LAN (source in csl-orig/v02/lan; no separate repo) |
| Full title | A Sanskrit Reader — Vocabulary |
| Author | Charles Rockwell Lanman |
| Year / size | 1884 · ~403 pages |
| Direction | Sanskrit → English |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/lan/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
| csl-doc | lan.rst |
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 source | Meaning |
|---|---|
<pc>111-a | page-column reference (p. 111, col. a) |
{@1a,@} | the headword (the leading 1 is a homonym number) |
<ab>pron.</ab> root | the 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.
Headword key conventions
<k1> = <k2> = SLP1 stem. Homonym numbers appear as leading digits in the display headword ({@1a,@}). The signature feature is cross-references to Whitney's Grammar via <ls n="wg,N">.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | SLP1 stem | a | k1 = k2 |
| Homonym | <h>N on the record; leading digit in {@N…@} | {@1a,@} — the 1 is the homonym | Both the machine field and the display carry it |
| Whitney Grammar link | <ls n="wg,N">N.</ls> | <ls n="wg,502">502.</ls> | Cross-reference to Whitney's Grammar §N |
| Page reference | <pc>page-col | <pc>111-a = p. 111, col. a | Standard two-column format |
Abbreviations
No machine-readable abbreviation list yet; the legend lives in the scanned front matter. View front matter →
See also
- Friš's Reader Vocabulary (FRI) — the same idea for a different reader
- Monier-Williams (MW) · Apte (AP90)
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries · csl-doc lan.rst