mudgala kosha & stardict files

[Ajit Krishnan]

namaste,

Yesterday, we had a post on a nice new tool around the Apte dictionary. This reminded me to post about another set of sanskrit dictionary links.

http://www.aupasana.com/software/kosha

The link above hosts the "mudgala kosha" software, which searches an offline version of the monier-williams dictionary, and integrates with several online tools (DLI dictionaries, JNU declension engine, INRIA parser etc). It is a wrapper around many useful sanskrit web utilities. It is a windows-only application.

http://www.aupasana.com/stardict

Designed primarily for mobile devices, I have converted a number of files to the "stardict" dictionary format. This is supported on several platforms and mobile devices. The stardict files include bi-directional searchable files for the apte & monier-williams dictionary, as well as several vyAkaraNa related files (dhAtu-pATha, and several standard commentaries on the ashtAdhyAyii). 

Screenshots on the iphone and android devices are available at the link above. Though these tools were written primarily for my own use, others may find them useful.

sasneham,

 

   ajit

 

[Jonathan Da Fonseca]

Namaste
I want to communicate that not being aware of the Mugdala Kosha existence I did upload it the one I have, for some years, in Internet Archive.
This my communication directly responsabilizes me and never Internet Archive; if there is here fault, it is totally mine.
If will be necessary, please tell me, I will attempt to annihilate this antique software from there.
I deep apologize but my intention has been the best.
Sincerely yours
Jonathan

[Eddie Hadley]

Ajit,

Please make it clear on these web sites of yours, that the literature, kindly made available for download, is in Devanagari script only.

 

The web page, being in English with Sanskrit works given in Roman diacritics, misleadingly lead the Devanagari challenged, such as myself to hopefully expect something usefully readable.

 

l am able to machine transliterate Devanagari texts, if I have to, but pdfs don’t transliterate.

 

The Sanskrit Cause you allege, is an admirable one, not so the The Devanagari Cause, I would even go as far as to say that Devanagari is Sanskrit’s worst enemy, as far as global recognition is concerned!

 

As an example of how it’s done, here is a multi-volume work of the world’s first written language, 90 years in the making – and not a Babylonian squiggle in sight!

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/science/07dictionary.html

 

A linguist may find It very interesting, it can be even downloaded for free, but its rather massive in total.

 

Eddie

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[Ajit Krishnan]

Eddie,

As I stated at the end of my mail, I am not trying to cater to you, or
anyone else. Take it, or leave it, at your discretion. My mail only
pointed your to a set of stardict files (which state whether or not
they are in roman script / devanagari) as well as the mudgala kosha
tool (which understands a wide variety of input and displays text in a
variety of formats). I did not point this list to any of the other
texts on my site.

I pretty much expected a reply from you that was full of criticism. In
the future, please direct these to my personal mailbox, so that I can
ingnore them and move on with my day.

> As an example of how it’s done

I am in no need of such examples, though I thank you for taking the
time to make it.

> The Sanskrit Cause you allege, is an admirable one, not so the The
> Devanagari Cause

I have my own views on the subject, and have no plans to revise them
based on your vitriol.

sasneham,

   ajit

[Ajit Krishnan]

namaste,

I guess that I am confused about the intent of your mail. If you are
taking about some different software -- great. The more, the merrier.
If you uploaded an older version of mudgala kosha, great. My site was
down for a long time, and the software was not available from me for a
while. If others made alternate arrangements, I have no concerns or
problems with that.

In the past, I always released my tools under the GPL. After some bad
experiences, I no longer do so by default. But, at my discretion, I am
happy to provide the sources to those that request it, so that they
can improve upon it, or do something different with it. I don't really
have any strong attachment to these small tools.

sasneham,

   ajit

[Vang]

Dear Ajit,

many thanks for kindly charing your software with us.

Though some people might not be interested in it, I 

myself really do appreciate your post! Thanks!

With warm regards,

Vang

[Naresh Cuntoor]

[Mod. note: ]

We allowed the post about questioning Devanagari vs. Roman script hoping we would get an on-point reply just so that we can move on. Ajit has provided such a reply.

Let us consider that part of the discussion closed. Thanks.

I am sure many of the list members appreciate such efforts. If you want to reiterate your appreciation, please do so off the list.

Further discussion or clarification regarding the software itself is welcome on the list.

- Naresh

[Nicholas]

Namaste

Thanks Ajit for this excellent information. Does anyone know of
similar tools that might work with the ipad and the macbook air?

sasneham
james

[Ajit Krishnan]

namaste,

For offline searches using the stardict files:

• For the ipad, follow the iphone instructions. The "dictionary universal" app works well on both the iphone & ipad. This is what I use.

• On windows / linux, you might use the "goldendict" app available from  http://goldendict.org/. I tried this on windows, and it works okay. You have to "unzip" the tar.gz file which is a little bit of a pain on windows. You can do it using the 7-zip app and opening the archive once to get the tar file, and then open the tar file again to get the folder.

• On macs, here are instructions for converting stardict files to the native format supported by macs. Please let me know if it works: http://code.google.com/p/mac-dictionary-kit

 

Alternatively, google shows this stardict app for macOS:

• http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/StarDict.shtml

sasneham,

    ajit

 

[Vishvas Vasuki]

तदुपयोगायैव अहम् आण्ड्रोय्ड् ४.१ युक्तम् नेक्सस्-यन्त्रम् क्रेतवान्  (जिञ्जर्ब्रेड् अपर्याप्तम्)। अहम् तेन नितराम् तृप्तः अस्मि - मम विविधानाम् कक्ष्याणाम् मध्ये शब्दब्यौत्पत्तिम् आप्टेकोशम् द्रष्टुम् बहु-उपयोगाय आसीत्। केभ्यः चित् मम मित्रेभ्यः अपि बहुना अरोचत ।

वि सू - केनचित् उपरि स्थिते अन्तिमे वाक्ये 'बहु'-प्रयोगः साधुः वा इति उद्यताम् ।

[Vishvas Vasuki]

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:58:27 PM UTC-7, Vishvas Vasuki wrote:

तदुपयोगायैव अहम् आण्ड्रोय्ड् ४.१ युक्तम् नेक्सस्-यन्त्रम् क्रेतवान्  (जिञ्जर्ब्रेड् अपर्याप्तम्)। अहम् तेन नितराम् तृप्तः अस्मि - मम विविधानाम् कक्ष्याणाम् मध्ये शब्दब्यौत्पत्तिम् आप्टेकोशम् द्रष्टुम् बहु-उपयोगाय आसीत्। केभ्यः चित् मम मित्रेभ्यः अपि बहुना अरोचत ।

वि सू - केनचित् उपरि स्थिते अन्तिमे वाक्ये 'बहु'-प्रयोगः साधुः वा इति उद्यताम् ।

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