About Vaman Shivram Apte
Lived 1858 – 1892 (aged 33–34). Vaman Shivram Apte was a lexicographer.
Vaman Shivram Apte (1858 – 9 August 1892 ) was an Indian lexicographer and a professor of Sanskrit at Pune's Fergusson College.
He is best known for his compilation of a dictionary, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary.
Works The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890),
The Students' English-Sanskrit Dictionary (1884) The Students' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Students' Guide to Sanskrit Composition (1881) The Students' Hand-Book of Progressive Exercises, Part I and II Kusuma-mala (1891)
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Who was Vaman Shivram Apte?
Indian lexicographer and professor
When was Vaman Shivram Apte born?
Vaman Shivram Apte was born in 1858 in Sawantwadi Assembly constituency.
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Vaman Shivram Apte died on 9 August 1892.
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Vaman Shivram Apte was a lexicographer.
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