Sanskrit Lexicon: Dictionary

The Sanskrit dictionary that understands what you mean.

You don't need to know the exact spelling, or even the Sanskrit word, to find what you're looking for. Type what you remember, describe the meaning in your own language, or enter a word you found in a verse. Sanskrit Lexicon helps you find the right word and understand what it means in context.

SEARCH HOW YOU THINK

- Search in Devanagari or Roman letters. कृष्ण, kṛṣṇa, krishna, and krsna all lead you to the same word. No special keyboard needed.
- Describe what you're looking for, like "the god who removes obstacles" or "the churning of the ocean."
- Search using your own language, whether that's English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, or another language. Results are in English only.
- Enter a grammatical form such as gacchati or rāmeṇa to find the root word.

Sanskrit Lexicon shows the closest matches first and keeps your searches in one place.

FIND THE RIGHT THE MEANING

Sanskrit words often have many meanings. Instead of making you search through dictionary after dictionary, Sanskrit Lexicon brings definitions together and groups them by meaning.

Looking for a word in a particular context? Describe where you encountered it, perhaps in a story, a philosophical text, or Ayurveda. The app brings the most relevant definitions to the top, so you can focus on the meaning that makes sense.

CHOOSE YOUR DEPTH

Start with clear, plain-English explanations, or switch to the original dictionary entries with scholarly notation and references. You can move between the two at any time.

Explore more than 250,000 headwords from 12 Sanskrit dictionaries, including Monier-Williams, Apte, and Macdonell. Choose Devanagari, IAST transliteration, or both for how words appear throughout the app.

EXPLORE SANSKRIT GRAMMAR

See noun declensions and verb conjugations in easy-to-read tables. Explore cases, genders, numbers, and verb forms, or search up a form you found while reading.

MAKE WORDS YOUR OWN

Save favorite words and add personal notes. Your favorites, notes, recent searches, and preferences sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY

Discover a hand-picked Sanskrit Word of the Day in the app or on your widget. Ask Siri to look up a word, use Shortcuts, find saved words with Spotlight, or share a word as a picture card.

MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES

Read comfortably on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iPhone Duo, with layouts designed for each screen. Enjoy a painted sky in Light Mode and a starry night in Dark Mode.

FREE TO START

Get 3 dictionary searches every day for free. Searching within a word's meanings, exploring grammar, saving favorites, and using Word of the Day don't count toward that limit. Choose a monthly, yearly, or lifetime Unlimited option for unrestricted searching, with Family Sharing.

No account required. Searching needs an internet connection, but words you've already opened are available offline.

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