KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Swami Keshabananda Giri has prepared and made public the world’s biggest Sanskrit-Nepali e-dictionary. The users can get word meaning of Sanskrit, Nepali, Hindi and English languages with the application of the e-dictionary which contains the meaning of 400,000 words of four different languages.
The e-dictionary can be downloaded on android mobile phones. Swami Keshabananda, author of the dictionary,said that the users can access the meaning of 400,000 words of different languages by browsing knswami.com. The application and website will be useful to search for the meaning of words in a full text.
It contains 100,000 words from Sanskrit to Nepali, 150,000 from Sanskrit to Sanskrit, 50,000 words from Sanskrit to Hindi and 50,000 words from Sanskrit to English.
‘Sanskrit dying in its own land’
Preparation of the dictionary was done under the leadership of Swami Keshabananda Giri amidst the lockdown enforced by the government to contain the transmission of the coronavirus.
The dictionary is more useful for Sanskrit students, researchers and enthusiasts as well as for those interested in knowing the meaning of Sanskrit words. It is also a crucial resource to study the materials including sculptures and antique documents produced in Sanskrit.
The dictionary is accessible through the android mobile phones above version five. As the mobile app is of 126 MB it requires one GB data for accessing the e-dictionary.
Swami Keshabananda was inspired by his guru the late Dr Ramananda Giri for the collection of word-meaning and preparation of the dictionary.
Swami Keshabananda has made it easier for researchers and investigators to delve into the Sanskrit literary world by connecting the eastern philosophy with technology.
