[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit Dictionary App for iPhone and iPad

[Charles DiSimone]

Dear James,

If you need an offline Sanskrit dict for OSX there are several options.

With an app called DictUnifier you can turn stardict files into mac
dictionary files and search them from Apple's native dictionary app.  It is
quite convenient and useful, with many dictionaries available (MW, Apte,
the Pali Text Society dict, etc.):

https://code.google.com/p/mac-dictionary-kit/downloads/list

You can also use the Kotonoko app, which has dictionaries available for MW,
Apte, Tibetan dicts, and many others:

http://osx.iusethis.com/app/kotonoko

You can even make the Köln online MW dict available locally on your hard
drive for offline use:

http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/index.html

Additionally, while I am quite pleased to see this new iOS dictionary, I'd
like to point out that there are several Sanskrit dictionaries available in
the app store for free in case anyone wants to save $5 (not that this is an
expensive price for the convenience of these dictionaries in your pocket!).

Best wishes,
Charlie


On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:59 PM, James Hartzell <james.hartzell at gmail.com>wrote:

> Great work!
>
> Do you have a Mac OSX version to use on laptops?
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Audrey Truschke <
> audrey.truschke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Indology Folks,
>>
>> This announcement comes courtesy of Harpreet Singh at Harvard. Exciting
>> news!
>>
>> *ANNOUNCEMENT: Sanskrit Dictionary App for **iPhone and iPad*
>>
>> Our national nightmare of lugging around Monier-Williams is finally over.
>>  We have just released a Sanskrit dictionary app for iPhone and iPad. The
>> app, developed in the Harvard Innovation Lab, combines three major
>> dictionaries that are commonly used by scholars of
>> Sanskrit--Monier-Williams, Apte and Macdonell. In addition, references from
>> *dhatu-patha* (a collection of verbal roots with final forms) are also
>> provided, when available. All words can be searched using a Devanagari
>> keyboard.  Once downloaded, the app does not require internet access to
>> operate. Special thanks to the faculty in Harvard's Department of South
>> Asian Studies for their encouragement and support during the app's
>> development.
>>
>> More Information: http://www.tinyurl.com/sanskrit-app
>>
>> If you missed the announcement about classical Hindi app for iOS and
>> Android, you can learn about it here: http://tinyurl.com/hindi-app
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Charles DiSimone
Promotionsprogramm Buddhismus-Studien
Department of Indology and Tibetology
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München


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