Reference
Sources:
Tibetan & Dzongkha Dictionaries & Translation Resources
- Rangjung Yeshe online Tibetan dictionary (Tibetan-Wylie links redirect here)
- Tibetan-Sanskrit translations are from Jeffrey Hopkins’ Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary
- Wylie-Tibetan Unicode transliterations generated using Tibetan & Himalayan Library Tibetan transliteration converter
- English pronunciation for Tibetan words generated using Tibetan & Himalayan Library phonetics converter
- Additional Tibetan-English translations from Tibetan & Himalayan Library Tibetan to English translation tool
- Dzongkha from Kurtöp/English/Dzongkha Dictionary by Gwendolyn Hyslop, Karma Tshering, Kuenga Lhendrup & Pema Chhophyel
- Glossary of terms from 84000
Pali & Sanskrit Dictionaries & Translation Resources
- Online Sanskrit dictionary (Sanskrit-IAST links redirect here)
- The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English dictionary (Pali-IAST links redirect here)
- Concise Pali-English dictionary by Buddhadatta Mahathera (2nd ed., 1959)
- Additional transliterations for Pali and Sanskrit words generated using Devanagari transliteration tool
- Guide to Sanskrit pronunciation (with audio) at Sanskrit & Trika Shaivism
Other Dictionaries & Translation Resources
- Jisho online Japanese dictionary (Japanese links redirect here)
- Chinese and Pinyin are from Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (電子佛教辭典). The DDB also has pronunciation and transliteration (romanisation) for: Chinese: py (Pinyin), wg (Wade-Giles) [wiki] ; Korean: hg (Hangul), mc (Ministry of Culture), mr (McCune–Reischauer) [wiki] ; Japanese: kk (Katakana), hb (Hepburn) [wiki] ; Vietnamese: qn (Quốc ngữ) [wiki]
- Etymology of words from multilingual dictionary Wiktionary
- Multilingual dictionary and glossary of Buddhist terms at Study Buddhism Glossary
- Multilingual dictionary at Buddhist Door
- Buddhist dictionary: manual of Buddhist terms by Nyanatiloka at Palikanon
- Additional definitions from DJKR are given together with links to teachings in which they are found.
Other Buddhist Resources
- Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism, including translations of more than 1000 suttas from the Pali Canon.
- Himalayan Art: artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia, including large selection of Tibetan thangkas.
- Lotsawa House: translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts, especially from the Nyingma and Rimé traditions.
- Study Buddhism: Tibetan Buddhist teachings, including many by H.H. The Dalai Lama, with commentary by Dr. Alexander Berzin.
- Terebess: Zen literature, koans, history and biographies of masters, by Gábor Terebess.
- Treasury of Lives: “A Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalaya”.