A Dictionary English and Sanskrit

The dictionary helps to address a practical deficiency in Sanskrit education: students could often translate from Sanskrit into English, but lacked reliable tools for expressing English concepts in Sanskrit. He therefore compiled the work as a reverse lexicon, drawing on earlier dictionaries, grammatical literature and Sanskrit texts. 

The author also discusses his method of selecting Sanskrit equivalents, grammatical forms and compounds. He emphasizes that literal equivalence is not always possible and that many English words require several Sanskrit renderings according to context. 

This methodological orientation makes the work especially useful for learners who wish to move beyond passive reading toward active Sanskrit composition and precise lexical comparison.