Vaidya, The Standard Sanskrit-English Dictionary (LRV)
LRV is Lakshman Ramchandra Vaidya's Standard Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1889) — a
Sanskrit-English dictionary with numbered senses, grammatical and derivational notes,
and textual citations. Glosses are in English.
At a glance
| Code | LRV (GitHub repo LRV) |
| Full title | The Standard Sanskrit-English Dictionary |
| Author | Lakshman Ramchandra Vaidya |
| Year / size | 1889 · ~889 pages |
| Direction | Sanskrit → English |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/lrv/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
| csl-doc | lrv.rst |
When to use it
Reach for LRV for an English dictionary that spells out grammatical derivation and backs
senses with citations. For broader coverage use Monier-Williams (MW) or
Apte (AP90).
Looking up a word
Open the Basic display, pick your input/output transliteration (see Encoding & Transliteration), and type the headword. The List and Advanced displays browse and search inside entries — see Search & Display.
Reading an entry
LRV gives the SLP1 headword in {#…#}, grammar in {%…%}, numbers the senses, and cites
texts with <ls>. The entry aṃśa (csl-orig/v02/lrv/lrv.txt):
<L>00007<pc>001-04<k1>aMSa<k2>aMSa
{#aMSa#}¦ {%m.%} 1. A share, portion; 2. inheritance, {#sakfdaMSo nipatati#} <ls>M.</ls>ix.47; 3. a shoulder; 4. the numerator of a fraction (in math.).
| In the source | Meaning |
|---|---|
{#aMSa#} | the headword (SLP1 search key <k1>) |
{%m.%} | grammatical category (masculine) |
1. … 2. … 3. … 4. | the numbered senses |
<ls>M.</ls> ix.47 | a textual citation (Manu 9.47) |
See Data Formats for the markup reference.
What makes it distinctive
- Grammatical / derivational notes. Spells out how forms arise, with example phrases.
- Numbered senses + citations. Meanings enumerated and anchored to texts.
See also
- Monier-Williams (MW) · Apte (AP90)
- The full catalog of all 42 dictionaries
- csl-doc lrv.rst