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Monier Monier-Williams

Born

in Bombay, India

November 12, 1819

Died

April 11, 1899

Genre

Reference, Religion & Spirituality

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Sir Monier Monier-Williams studied, documented and taught Asian languages in England, and compiled one of the most widely-used Sanskrit-English dictionaries.

Monier-Williams was the son of Colonel Monier Williams, surveyor-general in the Bombay presidency, and was born in Bombay on 12 November 1819. He was educated at University College, Oxford from 1837 and taught Asian languages at the East India Company College from 1844 until 1858, when company rule in India ended after the mutiny.

Monier-Williams was the second occupant of the Boden Chair of Sanskrit at Oxford University, following Horace Hayman Wilson, who had started the University's collection of Sanskrit manuscripts upon taking the Chair in 1831. Indian studies in England were domina ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 100 ratings · 4 reviews · 280 distinct works

	A Sanskrit English Dictionary 2005 Deluxe Edition: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1898 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hinduism 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1906 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Sanskrit Dictionary Part 1 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Sanskrit Dictionary Part 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddhism: In its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its Contrast with Christianity liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1889 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siksha-Patri of the Swami-Narayana Sect 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religious thought and life in India: an account of the religions of the Indian peoples, based on a life's study of their literature and on personal investigations in their own country... Part I. Vedism, Brahmanism, and Hinduism 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language Arranged With Reference to the Classical Languages of Europe for the Use of English Students really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1878 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indian Wisdom Or Examples Of The Religious, Philosophical, And Ethical Doctrines Of The Hindus - With A Brief History Of The Chief Departments Of ... Condition Of India, Moral And Intellectual really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages by Monier Monier-Williams, E. Leumenn (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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