हिंदी-तेलुगु अध्येता कोश: Hindi-Telugu Learner's Dictionary

DETAILS : 

• Publisher: Central Institute Of Hindi, Agra
  
• Author: Nand Kishore Pandey
  
• Language: Hindi and Telugu
  
• Edition: 2020
  
• ISBN-13: 9789388039208
  
• ISBN-10: 9388039203
  
• Weight: 800 g 

ABOUT THE BOOK

हिंदी-तेलुगु अध्येता कोश: Hindi-Telugu Learner's Dictionary, authored by the distinguished linguist Professor Nand Kishore Pandey and published by the Central Hindi Directorate (केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय), Ministry of Education, Government of India, is a monumental bilingual reference masterwork. Spanning hundreds of pages of meticulous cross-linguistic mapping, this dictionary serves as an official, highly structured pedagogical bridge designed to facilitate seamless translation, vocabulary building, and grammatical understanding between Hindi (the prominent official language of India) and Telugu (one of the oldest classical Dravidian languages).

The primary objective of this Adhyeta Kosh (Learner's Dictionary) is to move beyond the boundaries of a standard, mechanical word-to-word translation index. It is explicitly engineered as a learning tool for students, research scholars, government translators, and multilingual enthusiasts navigating the structural differences between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian language families. The dictionary is organized around several highly functional lexical pillars:

• Phonetic and Orthographic Alignment: Lists words in clear Devanagari script, immediately accompanied by precise phonetic guidance and equivalent Telugu script rendering to ensure flawless pronunciation.
• Grammatical Classification Matrices: Each entry is systematically tagged with its exact part of speech (Noun, Verb, Adjective, etc.), gender markers, and inflectional tendencies, which is crucial because Hindi utilizes grammatical gender while Telugu follows a different structural system.
• Contextual Usage and Idioms: Rather than offering a singular definition, the dictionary provides a spectrum of meanings based on context, complete with common idioms, proverbs, and conversational phrases shared between both cultures.
• Sanskritized Commonalities (Tatsama and Tadbhava): Highlights shared etymological roots, allowing learners to leverage their existing vocabulary in one language to rapidly master the other.

Richly supported by a clean, scannable layout and comprehensive appendices featuring technical terminology and daily conversational templates, this dictionary stands as an indispensable linguistic asset for national integration and language acquisition.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Professor Nand Kishore Pandey is a towering scholar, author, and academic administrator in the field of Indian languages and Hindi literature. He has served as the Director of the Central Hindi Directorate and as a senior Professor at prestigious institutions, including the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Over his multi-decade career, he has been at the forefront of implementing national linguistic policies and creating scientific learning materials.

Professor Pandey’s lexicographical and authorial style is defined by its deep structural accuracy, exhaustive cultural contextualization, and a highly intuitive, learner-centric design. His extensive research into comparative linguistics, Bhakti literature, and translation methodologies has earned him widespread acclaim from academic bodies across both North and South India.