noun
Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary
A reference work that provides Japanese translations or explanations of Sanskrit words. The term is straightforward and used in academic or Buddhist studies contexts.
彼は梵和辞典を引きながらサンスクリットの経典を読んでいる。
He is reading Sanskrit scriptures while consulting a Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary.
梵語辞典 is a more general term for a Sanskrit dictionary, not necessarily specifying Japanese as the target language. 梵和辞典 explicitly indicates a Sanskrit-Japanese dictionary.
Compound of 梵 (bon, abbreviation of 梵語 'Sanskrit') + 和 (wa, 'Japanese') + 辞典 (jiten, 'dictionary'). The reading ぼんわじてん follows standard on'yomi.