dictionary of sanskrit grammar

HINTS FO R THE USE O F THIS D IC TIO N A R Y <
1. Words in this dictionary are arranged in the serial order o f the Sanskrit
alphabet which is current everywhere, viz. the fourteen vowels beginning with
ar and ending with an, and then the thirtythree consonants consisting o f the five
guttural, the five.palatal, the five cerebral, the five dental and the five labial conson­
ants and then the four semi-vowels and the four sibilants, aj is taken as a com-
bination o f f and %, and ^ as one o f ^ and
2. Words are given in their noun-base (Jtr%tn%R) such as am*,
etc., without thie addition o f any case affix.
3. A t places o f option where any one o f the anusvara and the parasayarna
could be used, the anusvara is consistently used, and a place after the vowels and
before the consonants is assigned to it in the alphabetical order. For example,
the words containing anusvara such as spot, Hfrt, HcTPT,
HstQRoi g-ga, g-ferr etc., are all placed after e and before Bfj
etc.
4. Each word entered, has got only one paragraph assigned to it, although
the explanation o f the word may cover sometimes a full page or more.
5. The meaning or meanings o f a word are given immediately after it,
and therefore no capital letter is used at the beginning o f the word with which
each meaning begins.
6. The various senses o f a word are given one after another with serial
numbers placed before them. The several senses o f a word are arranged as far
as possible in their chronological order o f origin.
7. The various senses are usually illustrated with quotations from standard
authors with full references as far as possible,. From among the Pratisakhya
works, the RkpratiSdkhya is generally quoted, while from among the numerous
grammar works, the Mahabha$ya and the Kasika are quoted profusely.
8. The first figure in references, which is generally the Roman one, refers
to the main section such as the adhyaya or the Kanda or the Patala, while the
next one refers to the subordinate sections, such as the stanza or the Sutra or the
like. When there are three figures they refer to the adhyaya, the pada and the
Sutra in the case o f Pacini, and to the Mandala, the Sukta and the stanza in
the case o f the Rksamhita
9. When a particular form is illustrated, the illustration begins with the
abbreviation ‘ e.g. while usually, when the sense given, is illustrated, the explan­
ation or the quotation in Sanskrit begins with the abbreviation *cf\