THE work to which this volume belongs is much more than a mere dictionary in the ordinary sense. It includes the description of things as well as of words, special attention being given to objects ...

IT is in the nature of things that one is more intensely critical of dictionaries than almost any other documentary material, so let it be said at once that the present volume is a remarkable ...

The King has an “encyclopaedic” knowledge of every area in Britain, an MP has said. The monarch hosted a Buckingham Palace reception for newly elected MPs, leaving many of them impressed with ...

making it encyclopaedic. The dictionary is an essential aid for qualitative and quantitative higher research in the fields of Indology, Indian heritage and culture. Thus, it serves as a unique ...