08-12-2008, 05:07 PM
A marathon lexicography work<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->t has been described as one of the worldâs biggest lexicography work having commenced in 1948 and expected to be completed in another 50 years from now.
The Sanskrit dictionary project undertaken by the Deccan College of Pune has already seen three generations of lexicographers at work and many more to go.
The only other comparison to such a gigantic project in the field of lexicography is the work undertaken by the Oxford English dictionary which sometime ago brought out a 20 volume dictionary in English.
But the Sanskrit dictionary project is much different with a scriptorium of one crore words â from the Rig Veda to texts written until 1800 AD â to be studied and their etymological meanings provided. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Sanskrit dictionary project undertaken by the Deccan College of Pune has already seen three generations of lexicographers at work and many more to go.
The only other comparison to such a gigantic project in the field of lexicography is the work undertaken by the Oxford English dictionary which sometime ago brought out a 20 volume dictionary in English.
But the Sanskrit dictionary project is much different with a scriptorium of one crore words â from the Rig Veda to texts written until 1800 AD â to be studied and their etymological meanings provided. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->