--- 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- pUrNa Entry pUrNa Meaning mfn. filled with tears. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
