Sanskrit dictionary

The dictionary is built from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s own word-for-word translations. For each Sanskrit word it lists every meaning he gave it and the verses in which he gave each one.

Look up a word while reading

Select a Sanskrit word in the transliteration, the word-for-word list, or the coloured words in a translation or purport. A panel shows its meaning without leaving the page: from the word-for-word list, the meaning in this verse; from elsewhere, up to three meanings and the number of verses the word appears in. Open Dictionary shows the full entry.

Search the dictionary

Open the dictionary with ⋮ › Dictionary or ⌘D / Ctrl+D, and type the beginning of a word. Diacritics are optional: krsna finds kṛṣṇa.

When the reading language is not English, you can also type the word as that language spells it, or search by a meaning in that language (three letters or more).

Each word has its own address, for example haribol.app/dictionary/dharma.

What an entry contains

• Meaning of the Word: each way Śrīla Prabhupāda translated the word (for dharma: “religion”, “principles of religion”, “the duty” …), with the verses where he used that translation.
• Compound Words Containing: the compounds that include the word, with their meanings and verses.

When the reading language is not English, the first tab gives the meanings from that language’s word-for-word translations, where they include the word, and the English tab gives Śrīla Prabhupāda’s English meanings.