A major reference work for the Sanskrit student and scholar. Same content as the out-of-print Oxford Edition. Over 180,000 Sanskrit words in Devanagri script. Includes transliteration. The dictionary is organized in the order of the Sanskrit Alphabet. You must be able to derive the root form of the verb and the unconjugated form of the noun for sucessful use of this reference work.

The dictionary is not really suitable for someone who isn't learning Sanskrit as a language and instead is looking for a work that translates Sanskrit words found during reading our spiritual books.

For that use, we suggest Brief Dictionary of Hinduism for a small  reference book, or for a more extensive source, see Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy.

If you really want an extensive book on the subject with over 1000 pages, see the three-volume work by Swami Harshananda, A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism.