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Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, Cologne University, Germany
   _{sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de}

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  
• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)
• https://archive.org/details/ldpd_7285627_000 (Vaman Shivaram Apte 1890)

And occasionally:

4. Digital South Asia Library (University of Chicago)
   _{dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html}

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
  _{Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.}
  

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/
  _{Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.}
  

Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, Cologne University, Germany
   _{sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de}

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  
• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)
• https://archive.org/details/ldpd_7285627_000 (Vaman Shivaram Apte 1890)

And occasionally:

4. Digital South Asia Library (University of Chicago)
   _{dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html}

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
  _{Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.}
  

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/
  _{Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.}
  

Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  
• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)

And occasionally:

4. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html#sanskrit

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
  _{Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.}
  

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/
  _{Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.}
  

Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, Cologne University, Germany
   _{sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de}

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  
• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. Archive.org

• https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)
• https://archive.org/details/ldpd_7285627_000 (Vaman Shivaram Apte 1890)

And occasionally:

4. Digital South Asia Library (University of Chicago)
   _{dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html}

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
  _{Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.}
  

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/
  _{Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.}
  

Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MW72Scan/2014/web/webtc/indexcaller.php
  

• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/AP90Scan/2014/web/webtc/indexcaller.php
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)

And occasionally:

4. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html#sanskrit

• Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.
  http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
• Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
  http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/

Which Sanskrit-to-English online dictionaries do you use?

Do you find some work better than others? If so, why?

I use the following:

1. http://spokensanskrit.de/
   _{pros: fast lookup
   cons: not a detailed listing; doesn't explain etymology of words}

2. http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
  
• Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890
  _{pros: examples of usage in Hindu scriptures is really good. I used this for my answer here.
  cons: search could be tricky if you don't know ITRANS or Harvard-Kyoto well.}
  

3. https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft (Monier-Williams 1872)

And occasionally:

4. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/list.html#sanskrit

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/apte/
  _{Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.}
  

• http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/
  _{Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.}