PyCDSL

PyCDSL is a python interface to Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (CDSL).

• Free software: GNU General Public License v3
• Documentation: https://pycdsl.readthedocs.io.

Features

• CDSL Corpus Management (Download, Update, Access)
• Unified Programmable Interface to access all dictionaries available at CDSL
• Console Command and REPL Interface for easy dictionary search
• Extensive support for transliteration using indic-transliteration module

Install

To install PyCDSL, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install PyCDSL

Usage

PyCDSL can be used in a python project, as a console command and as an interactive REPL interface.

Using PyCDSL in a Project

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