Bhagavadgomandal

Conceived by King Bhagvatsingh of Gondal (ગોંડલના ઠાકોરસાહેબ) in 1928, this dictionary spreads over 9500 pages in 9 volumes and includes the meaning and description of over a 281,377 words.

This dictionary cum encyclopedia was created by Chandubhai Bahecharbhai Patel with the inspiration and active support from King Bhagavadsinghji.

[1] Both were concerned that the language had no major dictionary to speak of despite centuries of rich cultural and literary heritage.

The other interesting feature is that Bhagavadgomandal describes the life and contributions of famous people, up to the time of the creation of the encyclopedia.

It was feared that people may not be interested in the encyclopedia anymore, but the response was really good, and that lead to the third reprint, that was printed in 2008.