After reading Sri Pillalamarri's EMail in connection with an enquiry
on Telugu dictionaries, I decided to compile a list of Telugu and
related dictionaries for those who are interested. As the nature of
my job dictates my taste in languages, I usually am interested in
language dictionaries and collect a bunch of them and also keep
a list of dictionaries in many Indian languages (especially Telugu
related). I share that with you.
I request Sri Jampala ga'ru to add and correct in the list below.
Jampala ga'ru! I left a couple of places for you to fill in as you
know those items well and also feel free to add/delete/correct any
of the following. This applies to any of the interested telusaMans
and telussaAnns.
Thanks Sri Nagulapalli Srinivas and Sri Pillalamarri Ramakrishna.
Hope you may find some use.
--pa'lana
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TELUGU & RELATED DICTIONARIES - CLASSICS
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tenugu niGamtuvulu & migata' niGamTuvulu
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1) a'mdhraBa'sha'rNavamu (niGamTuvu) : nudurupa'Ti vEmkana'ryuDu
2) a'mdhrana'maSEshamu (niGamTuvu) : a'Didamu soorakavi
3) a'mdhrana'masamgrahamu (niGamTuvu): paiDipa'Ti lakshmaNakavi
4) cinnayasoori niGamTuvu : paravastu cinnayasoori
5) brauNya niGamTuvu : Brown (Brown Dictionary)
6) vEmkatESa'mdhramu (niGamTuvu) : gaNavarapu vEmkaTakavi
7) Sabdaratna'karamu (niGamTuvu) : bahujanapalli siita'ra'ma'ca'ryulu
A good one to have. Quick and dirty reference.
A classic and highly recommended by Pundits.
8) sa'mbaniGamTuvu : kastoori ramgakavi
9) a'ptuni samskRta'mdhra niGamTuvu : va'mana Sivara'ma'ptuDu
10) Sabdakalpadrumamu (niGamTuvu) : Sir ra'ja' ra'dha'ka'mtadEva bahadar
(Sanskrit)
11) na'na'rdha'rNavasamkshEpa niGamTuvu : kESavamiSruDu
(Sanskrit)
12) trika'mDaSEshamu (niGamTuvu) : purushOttamuDu
(Sanskrit)
13) mEdini niGamTuvu : mEdinikaruDu
(Sanskrit)
14) laGuSabda'rdhasarvasva niGamTuvu : paravastu vEmkaTaramga'ca'ryulu
15) ra'ja niGamTuvu : narahari pamDituDu
16) va'caspatya niGamTuvu : ta'ra'na'dhatarka va'caspati
(Sanskrit)
17) viSvaniGamTuvu : mahESvarasoori
(Sanskrit)
18) vaijayamtii niGamTuvu : ya'dava praka'SuDu
(Sanskrit)
19) Sa'Svata niGamTuvu : Sa'SvatuDu
(Sanskrit)
20) aBidha'naratnama'la' niGamTuvu : hala'yudhuDu
(Sanskrit)
21) anEka'rdha samgrahamu (niGamTuvu) : hEmacamdruDu
(Sanskrit)
*22) sooryara'ya'mdhra niGamTuvu
(telugu - telugu)
*23) Sankarana'ra'yaNa niGamTuvu (English - Telugu)
*Sri Gidugu Venkataramamurty and Gidugu Sitapati
did a lot of service to the above 2 dictionaries and brought
my native place, Parlakimedi, into lime light.
It was Sitapati who was instrumental to bring this sooryara'yamdhra
niGamTuvu in balck and white. It was GV Ramamurty who did a lot of
corrections initially (My grandfather, Prof. Paranandi Jagannadhaswamy
wrote in the biographical sketch of his teacher, Sri Gidugu Venkata
Ramamurty.)
I recommend everyone to have a set of these sooryara'yamdhra niGamTuvu.
It is 6 volumes. Published by Telugu Academy. Visalamdhra sells it.
Paper quality and binding are not great. But chalta'hai!
24) EMESCO Telugu - English Dictionary
25) Apte : Sanskrit - English Dictionary
26) samskRta'mdhra niGamTuvu (Sanskrit - Telugu)
(Will give you more on this later)
27) pa'li - English Dictionary
28) Telugu - English Technical Terms Dictionary
29) Telugu - English Science Dictionary (Telugu Academy)
30) pa'riBa'shika padaja'lamu (Telugu - English Science dictionary)
Leader : Gamti Jogi Somayaji
(I used this at AU Waltair. Typed and bound book. Several hundereds
of pages thick. Not published then. I don't know what happened to
this. Got to check with my teacher, Prof. P.V. Bhairava Murthy at
Satya Sai Univ..)
*31) Telugu - English and English - Telugu Science Dictionaries
Vemuri Venkateswara Rao (in USA)
(This is the only one still evolving among all the Telugu dictionaries.)
I like this one.
32) amarakOSamu
33) Reddy : Three Volumes
(Telugu - English or vice versa)
(Some one! Please add the correct one here)
(Jampala ga'roo! Help!)
34) Telugu Dictionary on Disc
(Racana Reddy sells this. Jampala ga'roo help again on this.)
(Sorry! Govardahana Reddy garu sells this.)
35) T. Burrow & M. B. Emeneau
Dravidian Etymological Dictionary
Oxford Univ. Press 1961
36) Kotra Syamala Kama Sastri
a'mdhra va'caspatyamu
Kakinada 1940
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Other Books more useful than dictionaries
37) atharvaNa ka'rika'vaLi
38) appakaviiyamu
39) ahObalapa'mDityamu
40) a'mdhra kaumudi
41) a'mdhra Ba'sha'nuSa'sanamu
42) a'mdhra Ba'sha'BUshaNamu
*43) a'mdhra Sabda cimta'maNi *My great grandfather,
(Several authors) Sri Paranandi Venkata Ramasastry,
(did a lot of work on Nannaya
Mahabharatam), wrote a book on
a'mdhra Sabda cimta'maNi -
Published by Amdhra Patrika Press.
44) kavisamsya' viCCEdamu
45) ka'vya'lamka'ra cUDa'maNi
46) tenugu vya'karaNamu
47) prauDha vya'karaNamu
48) ba'la vya'karaNamu
49) lakshaNasa'ra samgrahamu
50) sarvalakshaNasa'ra samgrahamu
51) hamsaviSamti
52) a'rshya vi~na'namu (Several volumes - Telugu Academy and SV Temple,
Tirupati published these.)
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52) Telugu - Oriya and vice versa Dictionaries
53) Telugu - Hindi and vice versa Dictionaries
54) Telugu - Tamil and vice versa Dictionaries
55) Telugu - Kannada and vice versa Dictionaries
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I have a bunch of dictionaries (Telugu - Telugu and Devanagari) which
don't have covers. They are eaten and beaten by insects. I am trying to
restore them. My grandfather also did some work on Sanskrit -Telugu
Dictionary of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion. Never came in print like
his book on evolution.
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