PyCDSL is a python interface to Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (CDSL).
- Free software: GNU General Public License v3
- Documentation: https://pycdsl.readthedocs.io.
- CDSL Corpus Management (Download, Update, Access)
- Unified Programmable Interface to access all dictionaries available at CDSL
- Command Line Interfaces for quick and easy search
- Console Command:
cdsl
- REPL Interface (powered by
cmd2
)
- Console Command:
- Extensive support for transliteration using
indic-transliteration
module - Search by key, value or both
To install PyCDSL, run this command in your terminal:
$ pip install PyCDSL
PyCDSL can be used in a python project, as a console command and as an interactive REPL interface.
Import PyCDSL in a project:
import pycdsl
Create a CDSLCorpus Instance:
# Default installation at ~/cdsl_data
CDSL = pycdsl.CDSLCorpus()
# Custom installation path can be specified with argument `data_dir`
# e.g. CDSL = pycdsl.CDSLCorpus(data_dir="custom-installation-path")
# Custom transliteration schemes for input and output can be specified
# with arguments `input_scheme` and `output_scheme`.
# Values should be valid names of the schemes from `indic-transliteration`
# If unspecified, `DEFAULT_SCHEME` (`devanagari`) would be used.
# e.g. CDSL = pycdsl.CDSLCorpus(input_scheme="hk", output_scheme="iast")
# Search mode can be specified to search values by key or value or both.
# Valid options for `search_mode` are "key", "value", "both".
# These are also stored in convenience variables, and it is recommended
# to use these instead of string literals.
# The variables are, SEARCH_MODE_KEY, SEARCH_MODE_VALUE, SEARCH_MODE_BOTH.
# The variable SEARCH_MODES will always hold the list of all valid modes.
# The variable DEFAULT_SEARCH_MODE will alway point to the default mode.
# e.g. CDSL = pycdsl.CDSLCorpus(search_mode=pycdsl.SEARCH_MODE_VALUE)
Setup default dictionaries (["MW", "MWE", "AP90", "AE"]
):
# Note: Any additional dictionaries that are installed will also be loaded.
CDSL.setup()
# For loading specific dictionaries only,
# a list of dictionary IDs can be passed to the setup function
# e.g. CDSL.setup(["VCP"])
# If `update` flag is True, update check is performed for every dictionary
# in `dict_ids` and if available, the updated version is installed
# e.g. CDSL.setup(["MW"], update=True)
Search in a dictionary:
# Any loaded dictionary is accessible using `[]` operator and dictionary ID
# e.g. CDSL["MW"]
results = CDSL["MW"].search("राम")
# Alternatively, they are also accessible like an attribute
# e.g. CDSL.MW, CDSL.MWE etc.
results = CDSL.MW.search("राम")
# Note: Attribute access and Item access both use the `dicts` property
# under the hood to access the dictionaries.
# >>> CDSL.MW is CDSL.dicts["MW"]
# True
# >>> CDSL["MW"] is CDSL.dicts["MW"]
# True
# `input_scheme` and `output_scheme` can be specified to the search function.
CDSL.MW.search("kṛṣṇa", input_scheme="iast", output_scheme="itrans")[0]
# <MWEntry: 55142: kRRiShNa = 1. kRRiShNa/ mf(A/)n. black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to shveta/, shukla/, ro/hita, and aruNa/), RV.; AV. &c.>
# Search using wildcard (i.e. `*`)
# e.g. To search all etnries starting with kRRi (i.e. कृ)
CDSL.MW.search("kRRi*", input_scheme="itrans")
# Limit and/or Offset the number of search results, e.g.
# Show the first 10 results
CDSL.MW.search("kṛ*", input_scheme="iast", limit=10)
# Show the next 10 results
CDSL.MW.search("kṛ*", input_scheme="iast", limit=10, offset=10)
# Search using a different search mode
CDSL.MW.search("हृषीकेश", mode=pycdsl.SEARCH_MODE_VALUE)
Access an entry by ID:
# Access entry by `entry_id` using `[]` operator
entry = CDSL.MW["263938"]
# Alternatively, use `CDSLDict.entry` function
entry = CDSL.MW.entry("263938")
# Note: Access using `[]` operator calls the `CDSLDict.entry` function.
# The difference is that, in case an `entry_id` is absent,
# `[]` based access will raise a `KeyError`
# `CDSLDict.entry` will return None and log a `logging.ERROR` level message
# >>> entry
# <MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
# Output transliteration scheme can also be provided
CDSL.MW.entry("263938", output_scheme="iast")
# <MWEntry: 263938: hṛṣīkeśa = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
Entry
class also supports transliteration after creation.
Thus, any entry fetched either through search()
function or through entry()
function can be transliterated.
Transliterate a single entry:
CDSL.MW.entry("263938").transliterate("slp1")
# <MWEntry: 263938: hfzIkeSa = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
Change transliteration scheme for a dictionary:
CDSL.MW.set_scheme(input_scheme="itrans")
CDSL.MW.search("rAma")
Change search mode for a dictionary:
CDSL.MW.set_search_mode(mode="value")
CDSL.MW.search("hRRiShIkesha")
Classes CDSLCorpus
and CDSLDict
are iterable.
- Iterating over
CDSLCorpus
yields loaded dictionary instances. - Iterating over
CDSLDict
yields entries in that dictionary.
# Iteration over a `CDSLCorpus` instance
for cdsl_dict in CDSL:
print(type(cdsl_dict))
print(cdsl_dict)
break
# <class 'pycdsl.lexicon.CDSLDict'>
# CDSLDict(id='MW', date='1899', name='Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
# Iteration over a `CDSLDict` isntance
for entry in CDSL.MW:
print(type(entry))
print(entry)
break
# <class 'pycdsl.models.MWEntry'>
# <MWEntry: 1: अ = 1. अ the first letter of the alphabet>
Note: Please check the documentation of modules in the PyCDSL Package for more detailed information on available classes and functions.
https://pycdsl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pycdsl.html
Help to the Console Interface:
usage: cdsl [-h] [-i] [-s SEARCH] [-p PATH] [-d DICTS [DICTS ...]]
[-sm SEARCH_MODE] [-is INPUT_SCHEME] [-os OUTPUT_SCHEME]
[-hf HISTORY_FILE] [-sc STARTUP_SCRIPT]
[-u] [-dbg] [-v]
Access dictionaries from Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (CDSL)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i, --interactive start in an interactive REPL mode
-s SEARCH, --search SEARCH
search pattern (ignored if `--interactive` mode is set)
-p PATH, --path PATH path to installation
-d DICTS [DICTS ...], --dicts DICTS [DICTS ...]
dictionary id(s)
-sm SEARCH_MODE, --search-mode SEARCH_MODE
search mode
-is INPUT_SCHEME, --input-scheme INPUT_SCHEME
input transliteration scheme
-os OUTPUT_SCHEME, --output-scheme OUTPUT_SCHEME
output transliteration scheme
-hf HISTORY_FILE, --history-file HISTORY_FILE
path to the history file
-sc STARTUP_SCRIPT, --startup-script STARTUP_SCRIPT
path to the startup script
-u, --update update specified dictionaries
-dbg, --debug turn debug mode on
-v, --version show version and exit
Common Usage:
$ cdsl -d MW AP90 -s हृषीकेश
Note: Arguments for specifying installation path, dictionary IDs, input and output transliteration schemes are valid for both interactive REPL shell and non-interactive console command.
REPL Interface is powered by cmd2
, and thus supports persistent history,
start-up script, and several other rich features.
To use REPL Interface to Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (CDSL):
$ cdsl -i
- Persistent History across sessions is maintained at
~/.cdsl_history
. - If Start-up Script is present (
~/.cdslrc
), the commands (one per line) are run at the start-up. - Customized shortcuts for several useful commands, such as
!
forshell
,/
forsearch
and$
forshow
. - Aliases can be created on runtime.
- Output Redirection works like the standard console, e.g.
command args > output.txt
will write the output ofcommand
tooutput.txt
. Similarly,>>
can be used to append the output. - Clipboard Integration is supported through
Pyperclip
. If the output file name is omitted, the output is copied to the clipboard, e.g.,command args >
. The output can even be appended to clipboard bycommand args >>
.
References
cmd2
: https://cmd2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.htmlpyperclip
: https://pypi.org/project/pyperclip/
Note: The locations of history file and start-up script can be customized through CLI options.
Cologne Sanskrit Digital Lexicon (CDSL)
---------------------------------------
Install or load dictionaries by typing `use [DICT_IDS..]` e.g. `use MW`.
Type any keyword to search in the selected dictionaries. (help or ? for list of options)
Loaded 4 dictionaries.
(CDSL::None) help -v
Documented commands (use 'help -v' for verbose/'help <topic>' for details):
Core
======================================================================================================
available Display a list of dictionaries available in CDSL
dicts Display a list of dictionaries available locally
info Display information about active dictionaries
search Search in the active dictionaries
show Show a specific entry by ID
stats Display statistics about active dictionaries
update Update loaded dictionaries
use Load the specified dictionaries from CDSL.
If not available locally, they will be installed first.
Utility
======================================================================================================
alias Manage aliases
help List available commands or provide detailed help for a specific command
history View, run, edit, save, or clear previously entered commands
macro Manage macros
quit Exit this application
run_script Run commands in script file that is encoded as either ASCII or UTF-8 text
set Set a settable parameter or show current settings of parameters
shell Execute a command as if at the OS prompt
shortcuts List available shortcuts
version Show the current version of PyCDSL
(CDSL::None) help available
Display a list of dictionaries available in CDSL
(CDSL::None) help search
Usage: search [-h] [--limit LIMIT] [--offset OFFSET] pattern
Search in the active dictionaries
Note
----
* Searching in the active dictionaries is also the default action.
* In general, we do not need to use this command explicitly unless we
want to search the command keywords, such as, `available` `search`,
`version`, `help` etc. in the active dictionaries.
positional arguments:
pattern search pattern
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--limit LIMIT limit results
--offset OFFSET skip results
(CDSL::None) help dicts
Display a list of dictionaries available locally
(CDSL::None) dicts
CDSLDict(id='AP90', date='1890', name='Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
CDSLDict(id='MW', date='1899', name='Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
CDSLDict(id='MWE', date='1851', name='Monier-Williams English-Sanskrit Dictionary')
CDSLDict(id='AE', date='1920', name="Apte Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary")
(CDSL::None) update
Data for dictionary 'AP90' is up-to-date.
Data for dictionary 'MW' is up-to-date.
Data for dictionary 'MWE' is up-to-date.
Data for dictionary 'AE' is up-to-date.
(CDSL::None) use MW
Using 1 dictionaries: ['MW']
(CDSL::MW) हृषीकेश
Found 6 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: हृषीकेश = हृषी-केश a See below under हृषीक.>
<MWEntry: 263934: हृषीकेश = हृषीकेश b m. (perhaps = हृषी-केश cf. हृषी-वत् above) id. (-त्व n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
<MWEntry: 263935: हृषीकेश = N. of the tenth month, VarBṛS.>
<MWEntry: 263936: हृषीकेश = of a Tīrtha, Cat.>
<MWEntry: 263937: हृषीकेश = of a poet, ib.>
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) show 263938
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) show 263938 --show-data
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
Data:
<H3A><h><key1>hfzIkeSa<\/key1><key2>hfzIkeSa<\/key2><\/h>
<body> lord of the senses (said of <s1 slp1="manas">Manas<\/s1>), <ls>BhP.<\/ls><info lex="inh"\/><\/body>
<tail><L>263938<\/L><pc>1303,2<\/pc><\/tail><\/H3A>
(CDSL::MW) $263938
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) $263938 > output.txt
(CDSL::MW) !cat output.txt
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) set input_scheme itrans
input_scheme - was: 'devanagari'
now: 'itrans'
(CDSL::MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 6 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: हृषीकेश = हृषी-केश a See below under हृषीक.>
<MWEntry: 263934: हृषीकेश = हृषीकेश b m. (perhaps = हृषी-केश cf. हृषी-वत् above) id. (-त्व n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
<MWEntry: 263935: हृषीकेश = N. of the tenth month, VarBṛS.>
<MWEntry: 263936: हृषीकेश = of a Tīrtha, Cat.>
<MWEntry: 263937: हृषीकेश = of a poet, ib.>
<MWEntry: 263938: हृषीकेश = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) set output_scheme iast
output_scheme - was: 'devanagari'
now: 'iast'
(CDSL::MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 6 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣī-keśa a See below under hṛṣīka.>
<MWEntry: 263934: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣīkeśa b m. (perhaps = hṛṣī-keśa cf. hṛṣī-vat above) id. (-tva n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
<MWEntry: 263935: hṛṣīkeśa = N. of the tenth month, VarBṛS.>
<MWEntry: 263936: hṛṣīkeśa = of a Tīrtha, Cat.>
<MWEntry: 263937: hṛṣīkeśa = of a poet, ib.>
<MWEntry: 263938: hṛṣīkeśa = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::MW) set limit 2
limit - was: 50
now: 2
(CDSL::MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 2 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣī-keśa a See below under hṛṣīka.>
<MWEntry: 263934: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣīkeśa b m. (perhaps = hṛṣī-keśa cf. hṛṣī-vat above) id. (-tva n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
(CDSL::MW) set limit -1
limit - was: 2
now: None
(CDSL::MW) set search_mode value
search_mode - was: 'key'
now: 'value'
(CDSL::MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 1 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263938.1: hṛṣīkeśatva = hṛṣīkeśa—tva n.>
(CDSL::MW) set search_mode both
search_mode - was: 'value'
now: 'both'
(CDSL::MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 7 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣī-keśa a See below under hṛṣīka.>
<MWEntry: 263934: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣīkeśa b m. (perhaps = hṛṣī-keśa cf. hṛṣī-vat above) id. (-tva n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
<MWEntry: 263935: hṛṣīkeśa = N. of the tenth month, VarBṛS.>
<MWEntry: 263936: hṛṣīkeśa = of a Tīrtha, Cat.>
<MWEntry: 263937: hṛṣīkeśa = of a poet, ib.>
<MWEntry: 263938: hṛṣīkeśa = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
<MWEntry: 263938.1: hṛṣīkeśatva = hṛṣīkeśa—tva n.>
(CDSL::MW) info
Total 1 dictionaries are active.
CDSLDict(id='MW', date='1899', name='Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
(CDSL::MW) stats
Total 1 dictionaries are active.
---
CDSLDict(id='MW', date='1899', name='Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
{'total': 287627, 'distinct': 194044, 'top': [('कृष्ण', 50), ('शिव', 46), ('विजय', 46), ('पुष्कर', 45), ('काल', 39), ('सिद्ध', 39), ('योग', 39), ('चित्र', 38), ('शुचि', 36), ('वसु', 36)]}
(CDSL::MW) use WIL
Downloading 'WIL.web.zip' ... (8394727 bytes)
100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 8.39M/8.39M [00:21<00:00, 386kB/s]
Successfully downloaded 'WIL.web.zip' from 'https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/WILScan/2020/downloads/wilweb1.zip'.
Using 1 dictionaries: ['WIL']
(CDSL::WIL)
(CDSL::WIL) use WIL MW
Using 2 dictionaries: ['WIL', 'MW']
(CDSL::WIL,MW) hRRiSIkesha
Found 1 results in WIL.
<WILEntry: 44411: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣīkeśa m. (-śaḥ) KṚṢṆA or VIṢṆU. E. hṛṣīka an organ of sense, and īśa lord.>
Found 6 results in MW.
<MWEntry: 263922: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣī-keśa a See below under hṛṣīka.>
<MWEntry: 263934: hṛṣīkeśa = hṛṣīkeśa b m. (perhaps = hṛṣī-keśa cf. hṛṣī-vat above) id. (-tva n.), MBh.; Hariv. &c.>
<MWEntry: 263935: hṛṣīkeśa = N. of the tenth month, VarBṛS.>
<MWEntry: 263936: hṛṣīkeśa = of a Tīrtha, Cat.>
<MWEntry: 263937: hṛṣīkeśa = of a poet, ib.>
<MWEntry: 263938: hṛṣīkeśa = lord of the senses (said of Manas), BhP.>
(CDSL::WIL,MW) use MW AP90 MWE AE
Using 4 dictionaries: ['MW', 'AP90', 'MWE', 'AE']
(CDSL::MW+3) use --all
Using 5 dictionaries: ['AP90', 'MW', 'MWE', 'AE', 'WIL']
(CDSL::AP90+3) use --none
Using 0 dictionaries: []
(CDSL::None) quit
This application uses data from Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, Cologne University.