The following link to the largest up-to-date online dictionary of
Sanskrit (NWS = "Nachtragswörterbuch des [= supplemental dictionary
of] Sanskrit") may be of interest to some members of this list:
http://nws.uzi.uni-halle.de/search?lang=en
Short Description
"The data presented here form a cumulative supplemental dictionary of
Sanskrit, where the results from lexicographical works postdating the
smaller Petrograd dictionary of Otto Böhtlingk (pw) and the addenda by
Richard Schmidt (Schmidt) are collected in the form of brief
quotations. These were glossaries added to editions of texts as well
as specialized dictionaries. Glossaries that were obviously not up to
standard were excluded. The sources quoted are abbreviated, but never
modified or harmonized. Testimonia in these quotations are not updated
(for instance, by referring to more recent editions) and only one per
meaning was given. The quotations were also not translated and not all
testimonia could be checked in detail. Obvious errors and misprints
were silently corrected. The NWS gives access to a large body of
lexicographical material, but does not completely supersede the
glossaries that are its source.
The NWS is also neither a new unified dictionary nor a complete
thesaurus of quotations, nothing of the sort could be attempted in the
three years of its funding. However, we believe that it may greatly
facilitate future efforts in these directions, for it accomplishes a
radical expansion of our knowledge of Sanskrit lexicography: The NWS
contains 107553 entries—the pw has ca. 150000, Schmidt ca. 12000—which
are as a rule new lemmata, new meanings, or new testimonia not found
in pw and Schmidt, or indeed Monier-Williams, which very rarely goes
beyond the pw."
For a more detailed description see:
http://nws.uzi.uni-halle.de/description?lang=en
Best,
R. Steiner