samskritam.el

This package provides a comprehensive interface for Sanskrit word definitions, translations, and navigation within Emacs. It uses a transient menu for easy access to all features, fetches dictionary definitions from Ambuda.org, and integrates with Google Translate.

Installation

This package is available on MELPA.

(use-package samskritam
  :ensure t
  :config
  (samskritam-mode 1))

Usage

Once installed and enabled, you can access all features through a transient menu or direct keybindings.

Transient Menu

• M-x samskritam or C-c C-s (by default) to bring up the main transient menu.
• From the transient, you can:
  • Look up the word at point in various dictionaries.
  • Enter a word to look up.
  • Translate the word at point or a new word.
  • Navigate through dictionary definitions with folding, unfolding, and jumping.

Direct Keybindings

For quicker access to common functions:

• C-c d: Look up the definition for the word at the current point in the default dictionary.
• With a prefix argument (C-u C-c d), it will prompt for a dictionary to use.
• C-c D: Prompt for a word and look up its definition.
• C-\: Toggle the Devanagari input method.

Key Features

Dictionary Integration

The package fetches word definitions from multiple dictionaries available on Ambuda.org, including:

• Apte
• Apte-Kosh
• MW (Monier-Williams)
• Shabdasagara
• Vacaspatyam
• Shabdarthakausubha
• Amarakosha

Navigation and Folding

When viewing dictionary definitions, you can use the following keybindings for navigation:

• n: Go to the next definition.
• p: Go to the previous definition.
• j: Jump to a specific definition using completion.
• f: Fold all definitions.
• u: Unfold all definitions.
• t: Toggle the folding of the current definition.

Google Translate Integration

The package integrates with `google-translate` to provide smooth translations. You can translate the word at point or enter a new word for translation directly from the transient menu.

Customization

You can customize the keymap prefix for the transient menu by setting the `samskritam-keymap-prefix` variable. The default is “C-c C-s”.

(setq samskritam-keymap-prefix "C-c s")

;; Add some missing characters to devanagari-inscript
  (with-temp-buffer
    (activate-input-method "devanagari-inscript") ;; the input method has to be triggered for `quail-package-alist' to be non-nil
    (let ((quail-current-package (assoc "devanagari-inscript" quail-package-alist)))
     (quail-define-rules ((append . t))
     ("^'" "॑")
     ("^''" "᳚")
     ("__" "॒")
     )))

Inspiration

• ambuda.org
• define-word
• google-translate
• popper.el