A Practical Vedic Dictionary
Price: 1495.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195612981
Publication date:
17/04/2017
Hardback
768 pages
241x184mm
Price: 1495.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195612981
Publication date:
17/04/2017
Hardback
768 pages
Suryakanta
The work incorporates the results of the latest researches in the field and includes, besides many others, all the words treated in Macdonell’s great Vedic Grammar (1909). This Dictionary is the first comprehensive Vedic dictionary, for earlier works cover either the Rgveda alone or the whole of Sanskrit literature—in either case they do not adequately meet the needs of the Vedic student.
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Suryakanta
Description
Almost all the words in the four Vedas have been defined in Hindi and English in this new dictionary. The entries have been illustrated with examples to make their meanings clear, and many words not found in earlier dictionaries are included in this work. In several instances fresh and more accurate meanings (and etymologies) have been provided where those in the traditional and other modern dictionaries seemed misleading. The work incorporates the results of the latest researches in the field and includes, besides many others, all the words treated in Macdonell’s great Vedic Grammar (1909). This Dictionary is the first comprehensive Vedic dictionary, for earlier works cover either the Rgveda alone or the whole of Sanskrit literature—in either case they do not adequately meet the needs of the Vedic student.
About the author
Dr. Suryakanta is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and teacher and the author of several major books in the field, including a Sanskrit-Hindi-English Dictionary (1975). Educated in Lahore and Oxford, he taught in the University of Punjab, Lahore, before 1947. Thereafter, he has been a member of the Legislative Council of Punjab (India), Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit and Pali at Banaras Hindu University, and Professor at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1966 he moved to Kurukshetra University and taught there until 1969.
Suryakanta
Description
Almost all the words in the four Vedas have been defined in Hindi and English in this new dictionary. The entries have been illustrated with examples to make their meanings clear, and many words not found in earlier dictionaries are included in this work. In several instances fresh and more accurate meanings (and etymologies) have been provided where those in the traditional and other modern dictionaries seemed misleading. The work incorporates the results of the latest researches in the field and includes, besides many others, all the words treated in Macdonell’s great Vedic Grammar (1909). This Dictionary is the first comprehensive Vedic dictionary, for earlier works cover either the Rgveda alone or the whole of Sanskrit literature—in either case they do not adequately meet the needs of the Vedic student.
About the author
Dr. Suryakanta is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and teacher and the author of several major books in the field, including a Sanskrit-Hindi-English Dictionary (1975). Educated in Lahore and Oxford, he taught in the University of Punjab, Lahore, before 1947. Thereafter, he has been a member of the Legislative Council of Punjab (India), Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit and Pali at Banaras Hindu University, and Professor at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1966 he moved to Kurukshetra University and taught there until 1969.
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