--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > To all who post.  There are many Hindi, Sanskrit, and many other 
> Vedic 
> > spiritual references I don't understand.  Words are used by those 
> more 
> > scholarly than I.  While I do realize this is my problem, if 
someone 
> > was willing to post a good glossary of many of these kind of 
terms, 
> it 
> > would sure help me out.  I guess it would go in a folder.
> > Thanks.
> 

You can also try this:

http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/cap_search.html

In some respects this is more comprehensive but harder to read:

http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/mwd_search.html

E.g. entering "purna"  gives this, after "fetching":

Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon 
New Search  

You've choosen 2 documents: 
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pUrNa
Entry  pUrNa
 
Meaning  mfn. filled with tears.
 

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pUrNa4
Entry  pUrNa
 
Meaning  mfn. filled , full , filled with or full of (instr. or gen. 
or comp.) RV. &c. &c. ; abundant , rich Ka1v. ; fulfilled , 
finished , accomplished , ended , past S3a1n3khGr2. MBh. R. &c. ; 
concluded (as a treaty) , Rajat. ; complete , all , entire Sa1n3khBr. 
Mn. MBh. &c. ; satisfied , contented R. ; (ifc.) perfectly familiar 
with Hcat. ; drawn , bent to the full (as a bow) MBh. Hariv. ; (in 
augury) fullsounding , sonorous and auspicious (said of the cry of 
birds and beasts , opp. to %{dIpta} q.v.) ; uttering this cry 
VarBr2S. ; strong , capable , able L. ; selfish , self-indulgent W. ; 
m. a partic. form of the sun Cat. ; a kind of tree R. ; (in music) a 
partic. measure ; N. of a Na1ga MBh. ; of a Deva-gandharva ib. ; of a 
Buddhist ascetic Lalit. ; (%{A}) f. N. of the 15th Kala1 of the month 
BrahmaP. ; of the 5th , 10th and : 15th Tithis Var. ; N. of a woman 
Vet. ; (with S3iktas) of an authoress of Mantras Cat. ; of 2 rivers 
VP. ; ii. fulness , plenty , abundance AV. TS. ; water Naigh. i , 
12 ; the cipher or figure o Gan2it.
 

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Those dictionaries are not always useful because many times
u hafta know the special dictionary entry form of a word 
to find it. For instance, if you want to find the definition 
for "karma", you better use the "oblique case stem" "karman".
(yogasthaH kuru *karmaan-i*)





> **********
> 
> You could use google to find any definition. I have found it helps 
on 
> occasion to add the word "means" after the wanted word when you 
enter 
> terms in the google search box -- this way you frequently get 
> definitions, rather than just use of the word you are looking for:
> 
> "purna means" (or don't use quotation marks)





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