The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides comprehensive Sanskrit vocabulary with English meanings, serving students and scholars of classical Indian literature and philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary | 1 |
| The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16337859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary Context triple: [Vaman Shivram Apte, notableWork, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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A.
Wörterbuch zum Rig-Veda
Wörterbuch zum Rig-Veda is a comprehensive 19th-century Sanskrit dictionary and philological study focused on the vocabulary of the ancient Indian Rigveda.
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B.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
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C.
Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six classical Vedangas of Hindu scholarship, focused on explaining the etymology and semantic interpretation of Vedic words and passages.
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D.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
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E.
Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary Target entity description: The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides comprehensive Sanskrit vocabulary with English meanings, serving students and scholars of classical Indian literature and philosophy.
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A.
Wörterbuch zum Rig-Veda
Wörterbuch zum Rig-Veda is a comprehensive 19th-century Sanskrit dictionary and philological study focused on the vocabulary of the ancient Indian Rigveda.
-
B.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
-
C.
Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six classical Vedangas of Hindu scholarship, focused on explaining the etymology and semantic interpretation of Vedic words and passages.
-
D.
Aṣṭādhyāyī
Aṣṭādhyāyī is an ancient and highly systematic Sanskrit grammar treatise that forms the foundational work of the grammatical tradition attributed to the scholar Pāṇini.
-
E.
Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary