There are in existence no doubt excellent Sanskrit-English dictionaries compiled
by eminent scholars like Monier Williams, H.H. Wilson, V. S. Apte and L. R.
Vaidya, but their bulkiness and cost prohibit a large number of users from
enjoying an advantage so necessary in their study of Sanskrit. There is,
therefore, a crying need for one which supplies everything required by an
average reader and which is at the same time characterized by brevity and
cheapness. The present compilation is intended to serve this purpose. The author
in this handy work has kept out Sanskrit words which are less commonly used and
has tried to avoid all technicalities