The dictionary is a reference work on Hindu mythology and religion. Arranged alphabetically it has entries on gods, goddesses and mythological personages and on religious concepts.

This is Volume VIII in a series of ten on India: Religion and Philosophy. Originally published in 1879, work an endeavour has been made to supply the long-felt want of a Hindu Classical Dictionary. The main portion of this work consists of mythology, but religion is bound up with mythology, and in many points the two are quite inseparable.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.