Shabda-Sagara, a Sanskrit-English Dictionary (SHS)
SHS is the Shabda-Sagara (1900), a Sanskrit-English dictionary compiled by Pandit-Kulapati
Jibananda Vidyasagara — an Indian-compiled dictionary in the Wilson tradition,
giving verbal roots with class, then noun senses numbered, in concise English.
At a glance
| Code | SHS (GitHub repo SHS) |
| Full title | Shabda-Sagara (a Sanskrit-English dictionary) |
| Author | Jibananda Vidyasagara |
| Year / size | 1900 · ~839 pages |
| Direction | Sanskrit → English |
| Accents | No |
| Source | csl-orig/v02/shs/ |
| Open | Basic · List · Advanced · Mobile |
| Data | Downloads |
| csl-doc | shs.rst |
When to use it
Reach for SHS as a concise English dictionary in the Wilson lineage, compiled in India. Its
entries closely echo Wilson (WIL); for fuller 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
SHS gives the SLP1 headword in {#…#}, the root class and present form, then numbered noun
senses. The entries for aṃśa (csl-orig/v02/shs/shs.txt):
<L>4<pc>001-a<k1>aMSa<k2>aMSa
{#aMSa#}¦ r. 10th cl. ({#aMSayati#}) To separate or divide. See {#aMsa#}.
<L>5<pc>001-a<k1>aMSa<k2>aMSa
{#aMSa#}¦ m. ({#-SaH#}) 1. A share or portion. 2. A part. 3. A shoulder, …
| In the source | Meaning |
|---|---|
{#aMSa#} | the headword (SLP1 search key <k1>) |
r. 10th cl. ({#aMSayati#}) | the verb: root, 10th conjugation class, present aṃśayati |
m. ({#-SaH#}) | the noun: masculine, nominative aṃśaḥ |
1. … 2. … 3. … | the numbered senses |
See Data Formats for the markup reference.
What makes it distinctive
- An Indian-compiled dictionary (1900). In the Wilson tradition, by Jibananda Vidyasagara.
- Roots + numbered senses, in concise English; entries closely parallel Wilson (WIL).
Headword key conventions
<k1> = <k2> = SLP1 stem. The same stem may appear in two consecutive <L> records — one verbal (root + class) and one nominal (noun + senses). They are distinguished by their sequential <L> lnum, not by the key.
| Convention | Marker / form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search key | SLP1 stem | aMSa | k1 = k2; verb and noun share the same key |
| Two records per stem | Separate <L> lnums | <L>4 (verb) + <L>5 (noun) for aMSa | Both appear in search results |
| Verbal entry | r. Nth cl. ({#present#}) | r. 10th cl. ({#aMSayati#}) | Root label + class + present form |
| Nominal entry | m. ({#-SaH#}) 1. … 2. … | masculine nominative + numbered senses |
Abbreviations
Grammatical & general 46
Show 46 abbreviations
| Abl. | Ablative. |
| Adj. | Adjective. |
| Adv. | Adverb. |
| Aff. | Affix. |
| Arith. | Arithmetic. |
| Atm. | Atmanepada. |
| Aug. | Augment. |
| Caus. | Causal. |
| C. f. | Compare. |
| Cl. | Class. |
| Compar. | Comparative. |
| Dat. | Dative. |
| Deriv. | Derivation. |
| Desid. | Desiderative. |
| Du. | Dual. |
| E. | Etymology. |
| E. g. | (Exempli gratia.) For example. |
| F. or fem. | Feminine. |
| Fig. | Figurative or figuratively. |
| Gen. | Genitive. |
| Gram. | Grammar. |
| I. e. | (Id est.) That is. |
| Ind. | Indeclinable. |
| Irr. | Irregular. |
| Lit. | Literal or literally. |
| Loc. | Locative. |
| M. | Masculine. |
| Math. | Mathematics. |
| N. | Neuter. |
| Neg. | Negative. |
| Op. | Opposed. |
| Par. | Parasmaipada. |
| Pen. | Penultimate. |
| Phil. | Philosophy. |
| Plu. | Plural. |
| Poss. | Possessive. |
| Priv. | Priveative. |
| Pron. | Pronoun. |
| Q. v. | (Quod vide.) Which see. |
| R. | Root. |
| Reg. | Regular. |
| Subst. | Substantive. |
| Super. | Superlative. |
| V. | Verb. |
| + | prAtipadikam |
| - | DAtuH |
See also
- Wilson (WIL) · Monier-Williams (MW) · Apte (AP90)
- The full catalog of all 43 dictionaries
- csl-doc shs.rst