The Encyclopedic Sanskrit Lexicon called ‘VACHASPATYAM’, consisting of about 5442 printed pages of ¼ demy size was compiled by Pandit Taranatha Tarkavachaspati and was published in six parts in 1884 A.D. at Calcutta. It contains words/stems/terms along with their derivations and explanations drawn from almost all branches of Sanskrit Literature. Besides technical words, doctrines of Indian Philosophy are also fully explained in detail.

Having recognized the importance and usefulness of the Vacaspatyam, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati has undertaken a project for Web and CD version of the Vacaspatyam in the Sansk-Net Centre from July 2005 to March 2007 under the Centre of Excellence Scheme of University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

Trial/Demo CD Version (1.0), to be revised regularly can be referred to search 1) the stem and its meaning, 2) multiple meanings, 3) derivation, 4) linguistic specialities, 5) missing letters of words while editing manuscripts 6) related words of a particular word or any other information available in the Vacaspatyam.

System Requrments: 512 MB Ram or more, 40 GB Hard disk space, CD-ROM Drive 52S, Ileap, Leap Office, Super VGA (1024 X 768) (color or monochrome) or higher resolution display, Mouse compatible with MS-XP.

Disclaimer: TheCD version has been prepared for demonstration only. all search options/parameters/fonts of Indian Languages may not work equally on all systems.