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A Dictionary of Buddhism

2004-08-26 Religion
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Release : 2004-08-26
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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Buddhism by : Damien Keown

Download or read book A Dictionary of Buddhism written by Damien Keown. This book was released on 2004-08-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new dictionary, now available in paperback as part of the best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series, covers both historical and contemporary issues in Buddhism, and includes all Buddhist schools and cultures. Over 2,000 broad-ranging entries cover beliefs, doctrines, major teachers and scholars, place names, and artefacts, in a clear and concise style. The text is illustrated with line drawings of religious structures, iconographic forms and gestures, and ritual objects. Appendices include a chronology and a guide to canonical scriptures as well as a pronunciation guide for difficult names and terms.

Buddhist Dictionary

1972
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Release : 1972
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Book Synopsis Buddhist Dictionary by : Nyanaponika

Download or read book Buddhist Dictionary written by Nyanaponika. This book was released on 1972. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buddhist Dictionary

2021-03
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Release : 2021-03
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Book Synopsis Buddhist Dictionary by : Nyanaponika

Download or read book Buddhist Dictionary written by Nyanaponika. This book was released on 2021-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly important book translates and clearly explains foundational Pali terms that are vital to a complete understanding of Buddhist philosophy and religion. It is an accurate, detailed, and authentic Buddhist dictionary of doctrinal terms from the Pali Canon and its Commentaries. It is of value for understanding the early Buddhist tradition and the Theravada tradition which grew out of it, but does not cover the later Buddhist traditions. The author, Nyanatiloka, was a German monk who compiled the book while interned in India by the British during World War II. Since then, it has been enlarged and revised-this being the third revised and enlarged edition. The main entries are listed under the Pali terms, and the English expressions commonly used are explained and included. Original Pali words are often used in Buddhist texts and remain untranslated, since writers often did not know their accurate meanings. Therefore, this book is widely known as an essential work for all serious students of Buddhism.

Historical Dictionary of Buddhism

2009 Buddhism
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Release : 2009
Genre : Buddhism
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Buddhism by : Carl Olson

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Buddhism written by Carl Olson. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Buddhism covers and clarifies Buddhist concepts, significant figures, movements, schools, places, activities, and periods. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms

2003-12-18 Foreign Language Study
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Release : 2003-12-18
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Download or read book A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms written by . This book was released on 2003-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable interpretive tool, first published in 1937, is now available for the first time in a paperback edition specially aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism. Those who have endeavoured to read Chinese texts apart from the apprehension of a Sanskrit background have generally made a fallacious interpretation, for the Buddhist canon is basically translation, or analogous to translation. In consequence, a large number of terms existing are employed approximately to connote imported ideas, as the various Chinese translators understood those ideas. Various translators invented different terms; and, even when the same term was finally adopted, its connotation varied, sometimes widely, from the Chinese term of phrase as normally used by the Chinese. For instance, klésa undoubtedly has a meaning in Sanskrit similar to that of, i.e. affliction, distress, trouble. In Buddhism affliction (or, as it may be understood from Chinese, the afflicters, distressers, troublers) means passions and illusions; and consequently fan-nao in Buddhist phraseology has acquired this technical connotation of the passions and illusions. Many terms of a similar character are noted in the body of this work. Consequent partly on this use of ordinary terms, even a well-educated Chinese without a knowledge of the technical equivalents finds himself unable to understand their implications.

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