[INDOLOGY] M-W Sanskrit-English Dictionary Co-Authors

[Krishnaprasad G]

I noticed, he just translated ( based on) Kleines Petersburger Woerterbuch
(Boehtlingk) *Sanskrit*-

*German Dictionary  (one can easily verify this)*



*also he mentiones Radhakanta Dev who is an editor of Shabdakalpadruma*

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> Sir Monier Monier-Williams, M.A., K.C.I.E., pays due tribute to his
> Western contributors. But I do not find in his Dictionary any mention of
> his  Indian contributors' input - no list of Pandits who worked for him -
> without them, without their immense knowledge, his Opus Magnum would have
> never appeared in print.
>
> I can only wish that someone with access to M-W's working archive would
> find documents re M-W's Indian employees and publish their names, more:
> using Indian archive materials - their full biograms.
>
> They deserve to be finally brought out of that area of shadow surrounding
> colonial Indology.
>
> Regards,
>
> Artur Karp
>
> University of Warsaw (emeritus)
>
> Poland
>
>
>
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