There is a good section on WikiPedia on the Sanskrit Language. Check out the link below:
Lots of information to give anyone a good background and understanding as well as links to many resources on Sanskrit.
Below are some of the useful links you can find informations at:
* Online Sanskrit Dictionary
* Spiritual Sanskrit-English Dictionary
* Sanskrit Documents Documents in ITX format of Upanishads, Stotras etc. and a metasite with links to translations, dictionaries, tutorials, tools and other Sanskrit resources.
* Free Sanskrit Word Processor: Madhyam developed by Balendu Sharma Dadhich
* Sanskrit fonts and Sanskrit texts
* GiirvaaNi – Sanskrit Classical Literature with translation
* The earliest dated illustrated Sanskrit manuscript in the world
* A list of Chinese words originated from Sanskrit
* Monier-Williams Dictionary – Searchable
* Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary: DICT & HTML Downloadable Versions
* Monier-Williams Dictionary – Searchable Digital Facsimile Edition Freeware CD
* Monier-Williams Dictionary – Printable
* Samskrita Bharati
* Sanskrit Studies, Links and Information
* pAnini’s Grammar and Computer Science
* Ethnologue’s Sanskrit report
* American Sanskrit Institute
* A brief Sanskrit Glossary Lists commonly used words in spiritual writings
* Tranliterator Transliterates from romanized to Unicode Sanskrit transliterator.
* Sanskrit Translations
* A Sanskrit Tutor
* Sanskrit & Sánscrito Sanskrit language, Yoga, Indian philosophies, blog, names, names of hatha yoga postures, Directory of Free Sanskrit Links, translations and much more (English-Spanish).
