Sanskrit-Woterbuch (In 7 Volumes)

Otto von Boehtlingk, one of the greatest 19th century Indologists, is best known for the compilation of the monumental St. Petersburg Sanskrit dictionary.  He was born on 11.6.1815 in St. Petersburg.  Boehtlingk attended a German school in St. Petersburg and continued his university studies there.  He later went to Bonn and Berlin where he studied with Bopp and Schlegel.  In 1842 Boehtlingk was appointed a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.  In later years he was its honorary member.  In 1868 he went to Jena and later in 1885 he moved to Leipzig where he died on 1.4.1904.