1. Shabdakalpadruma
The Shabdakalpadrumais an encyclopaedic dictionary of Sanskrit words arranged in alphabetical order giving the etymological origin of words according to Paninian grammar. It gives their gender, various meanings and synonyms and illustrates their syntactical usage.
It also furnishes the various connotations of each word using citations drawn from various authoritative sources such as the Vedas, the Epics, the Upanishads, the Purana-s as well as Sanskrit texts on Tantra, Ayurveda, music, art, astrology, rhetoric and prosody.
Samskriti Foundation has undertaken the translation of this mammoth classical encyclopaedia and the work on this front has been recently initiated.
