Which Sanskrit dictionaries are people on this site using?

Question

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.}
     

Answer 1

There's a विकिशब्दकोशः (Wiktionary) compiled by many volunteers.

It features Apte, Kalpadrumam, Vachaspatyam, Monier Williams etc.

Answer 2

I use spokensanskrit.de, Andhrabharati Sanskrit Dictionary and Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary.

I use spokensanskrit.de for faster look up and go for andhrabharati if i don't get sastifactory meaning on spokensanskrit.de. I use Monier-Williams Dictionary to know meanings of Dhatus (verb roots).

I think we can't say which dictionary is better as it depends on situation and our requirement. For faster lookup, spokensanskrit.de is good and for Dhatus, Monier Williams is good.