Monier Monier-Williams

This is Volume VIII of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1891, this includes a impressions, notes and essays on the modern India of the time including the five gates of India- Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim and Aden and looking at Indian famines, religion, travel accounts of North and Southern India and funeral ceremonies.

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary is the essential reference for Sanskrit scholars. This comprehensive work includes over 180,000 words and definitions. Entries are organised according to the root word to give a clear etymological arrangement and include special references to cognate Indo-European languages as well as literary citations. Notes on mythology, literature, religion, and philosophy are incorporated into definitions.