Vaman Shivram Apte (1858 – 9 August 1892) was an

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and a professor of

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. He is best known for his compilation of a dictionary, ''The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary''.

Works

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
(1890), :*
The Students' English-Sanskrit Dictionary
(1884) * The Students' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, * The Students' Guide to Sanskrit Composition (1881) * The Students' Hand-Book of Progressive Exercises, Part I and II * Kusuma-mala (1891)

References

Indian Sanskrit scholars Indian lexicographers 1858 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Indian linguists 19th-century lexicographers {{academic-stub