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Grammatical Notes

		no.  = noun vb.  = verb adj. = adjective ind. = indeclinable a.   = atmane-padi p.   = parasmai-padi u.   = ubhaya-padi		sl. = singular du. = dual pl. = plural m.  = masculine f.  = femenine n.  = nuter t.  = all gender		pr = present ps = past fu = future im = imperative op = optative 1st = 1st person 2nd = 2nd person 3rd = 3rd person		nom. = nominative acc. = accusative instr. = instrumental dat. = dative abl. = ablative gen. = genitive loc. = locative
		ak.  = अकारन्त aak. = आकारान्त ik.  = इकारान्त iik. = ईकारान्त		uk.   = उकारान्त uuk.  = ऊकारान्त RRik. = ऋकारान्त rk.   = रकारान्त		dk.  = दकारान्त nk.  = नकारान्त ink. = इन्कारान्त shk. = शकारान्त sk.  = सकारान्त

** All noun forms are in nominative singular. All verbs are in 1st person singular present tense.
Example:
  Boy (akaaranta masculine noun nominative singular) - ak.m.no.nom.sl
  Read (bhvaadi present verb 1st-person singular) - bhvaadi.vb.pr.1st.sl

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Dictionary Search Instruction

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We have referred the following dictionaries and some word books to collect the words in this dictionary.

• English-Sanskrit-Dictionary (V. S. Apte)
• English-Samskrita-Dictionary (Samskrita Bharati)
• Sanskrit-English-Dictionary (Monier Williams)
• Sanskrit-English-Oriya-Dictionay
• and few Sanskrit word books.

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