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

[Klaus Karttunen]

It was noted by several contemporary critics. He even copies some of the misprints appearing in the Peterburg dictionary. But this was the first edition of Monier Williams (1872). The second edition (1899) was completely revised and in this he was helped by several assistants and colleagues – all mentioned at the end of his introduction. He visited India three times, but never lived there, and there were no pandits in Oxford.

Best,
Klaus

Klaus Karttunen
South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
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Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi






> On 29 Apr 2016, at 11:37, Krishnaprasad G <krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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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