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Yates, A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English (YAT)

YAT is the Rev. William Yates' A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English (1846) — an early Sanskrit-English dictionary compiled at Calcutta in the tradition of Wilson, giving verbal roots with their class and present form, and concise English glosses.

At a glance​

CodeYAT (source in csl-orig/v02/yat; no separate repo)
Full titleA Dictionary in Sanscrit and English
AuthorRev. William Yates
Year / size1846 · ~928 pages
DirectionSanskrit → English
AccentsNo
Sourcecsl-orig/v02/yat/
OpenBasic · List · Advanced · Mobile
DataDownloads
csl-docyat.rst

When to use it​

Reach for YAT for the early English lexical tradition (1846), or to compare with Wilson (WIL) and later Monier-Williams (MW). For modern lookup prefer 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​

Yates gives the SLP1 headword in {#…#}, the present form in {#…#}, and concise English glosses. The verb entry aṃśa (csl-orig/v02/yat/yat.txt):

<L>3<pc>001-a<k1>aMSa<k2>aMSa
{#aMSa#}¦ {#(t-ka) aMSayati#} 10. {%a.%} To se-
parate, to divide, to apportion.
In the sourceMeaning
<pc>001-apage-column reference (p. 1, col. a)
{#aMSa#}the headword / root (SLP1 search key <k1>)
{#aMSayati#} · 10.the present-tense form and the conjugation class (10th)
{%a.%}a grammatical cue
To separate, to divide, to apportionthe English gloss

See Data Formats for the markup reference.

What makes it distinctive​

  • An early Sanskrit-English dictionary (1846). In the Wilson tradition, compiled at Calcutta.
  • Roots with class and present form. Verbal entries give the conjugation class.

See also​