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The Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Vasudeo Govind
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $3.96
You Save: $10.99 (74%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 880006
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rei Sub
Pages: 366
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0781802032
Dewey Decimal Number: 491.2321
EAN: 9780781802031
ASIN: 0781802032
Publication Date: September 1993
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Product Description
A compact reference tool for students of Sanskrit, the ancient literary language of India and the sacred language of the Hindu religion. Designed to aid beginning or intermediate-level students.
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 note size December 13, 2007
Carl Vagg (coogee beach australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
book is 15 X 10 X 2.5 cm with 366 pages..
devanagari script to english only. you must have full fluid recognition
and understanding of devanagari script and its sequence.
for me, just reading the tiny script was just too much..
my eyes were watering after ten minutes trying..
i have used it a few times - with magnifying glass - but be aware of this
basic limitation when deciding what you need and why..
carl
namaste
 Reasonably Good Tool March 25, 2006
Celtic Mystic Warrior (Camp Hill PA USA)
Excellent dictionary. Very comprehensive. My only complaint is the size of the type, which, at times, blurs Sanskrit characters. Nevertheless, I highly recommend it as a part of any Sanskrit scholar's library.
A few caveats November 3, 2001
Nathaniel Y Krause (Chicago, IL U S of A)
Let me make clear what is so concise about this book. For one thing, it is exclusively Sanskrit-to-English; there is no English-to-Sanskrit section. For another, the Sanskrit words are written only in Devanagari script, without Roman transliteration. There isn't even a reference key provided. Because of this, I would recommend this book only if you are already familiar with Sanskrit and just want a reference that will fit in your pocket. Otherwise, you might want to find something else, although I'm not aware of many other choices.
Useful for travelling or advanced scholars August 4, 1998
C. Meyer (meyerc@mathcs.carleton.edu) (Northfield, Minnesota)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
Concise it certainly is. The small paperback book contains little extraneous information--however helpful it might have been--and its verb forms seem to be sadly lacking. Were the shortage of information the only problem, I might still recommend the book with only a few reservations; however, the devanaagarii script is so small and smudgy that at times it's difficult to even make out what a particular word is supposed to be. For travelling scholars or those who only need a small reference for reminder's sake, this might be a good, inexpensive pick. However, for beginners a more comprehensive and comprehendable dictionary would be a good choice.
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