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[[Image:Vairotsana.gif|thumb|200px|right|'''The great translator Vairocana''']]
 
  
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| width="33%" valign=top | '''General Information''' <br> The Dharma Dictionary is currently being updated and upgraded, and will soon become a multi-purpose research tool with reference and access to several different databases. It contains free resources for the "circle of Lotsawas" involved in the translation of Buddhist texts and teachings from Tibetan into Western languages. The Dharma Dictionary has '''{{formatnum:{{#ask: [[Category:rydic2003]] |format=count }}}}''' separate pages in total, all inclusive.
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| width="33%" valign=top | '''Search the dictionary''' <br> Use the search box above to search for any Tibetan term in Wylie transliteration or in Tibetan font.  Examples: [[sems]], [[rig pa]], [[snying rje]]. <!--Searches can also be made in Tibetan Unicode (example <span class=TibInline>[['ཀྱག་གྲིར་འཆི།]]</span>).-->
  
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==== Mission & aims ====
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The [[:Category:Tibetan Dictionary|Dharma Dictionary]] contains the word lists of Tibetan translators such as '''[[Erik Pema Kunsang]]''' (including the complete Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture, 74,441 entries), '''[[Ives Waldo]]''' (110,607 entries), '''[[Jim Valby]]''' (66,858 entries), '''[[Richard Barron]]''' (4716 entries), '''[[Erick Tsiknopoulos]]''' (2219 entries), '''[[Gyurme Dorje]]''' (1179 entries), '''[[Thomas Doctor]]''' (543 entries), '''[[Matthieu Ricard]]''' (532 entries) and more.
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This website is designed to be:
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| width="33%" valign=top | '''Contribute''' <br> We welcome contributors and editors! If you would like to be a contributor to the dictionary or have a detailed editing project in mind, please contact '''research at tsadra dot org'''.
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* Full of '''resources for translators'''
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* A '''dictionary of current usage''' for translated terms and ideas
 
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* An "storehouse" of data on Tibetan Buddhism
 
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* '''Dynamic''' and '''growing''' web of ideas & knowledge
 
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* As '''non-sectarian''' and '''open-minded''' as possible
 
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* '''Free''' to be used by everyone
 
  
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==== Invitation  ====
 
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* [[invitation letter|Invitation Letter]]
 
  
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==== Contents ====
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=== Website Contents ===
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* '''[[:Category:Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]'''
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* '''Present day [[:Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers|Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]'''
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* <big>'''[[:Category:Tibetan_Dictionary|Tibetan Lexicon]]'''</big> - All Tibetan terms available on this Wiki, listed in alphabetical order.
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* <big>'''[[:Category:Terms|Lotsawa Workbench Terms]]'''</big>
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* '''[[Resources for Translators, Scholars & Practitioners]]'''
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* '''[[Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]'''
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* Present day '''[[Tibetan Buddhist Teachers|Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]'''
 
* '''[[Literature]]''' - Data on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections
 
* '''[[Literature]]''' - Data on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections
 
* '''[[Translators & Translations]]''' - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work
 
* '''[[Translators & Translations]]''' - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work
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* '''[[Resources]]''' for the study and translation of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature
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* '''[[Study Programs]]''' related to Buddhist study and practice  
 
* '''[[Study Programs]]''' related to Buddhist study and practice  
 
* '''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''' on this website
 
* '''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''' on this website
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* '''[[Teachings]]'''
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=== Note to Editors and Contributors ===
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* As of May 2021 this website is getting a complete update and overhaul and we will welcome editors and contributors as soon as it is ready. [[User:MarcusPerman|MarcusPerman]] ([[User talk:MarcusPerman|talk]]) 20:50, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
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* See a complete list of online resources here: '''''In Development''''' [[Resources for Translators, Scholars & Practitioners]]
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* Erik Pema Kunsang's Original [[invitation letter|Invitation Letter]]
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* Erik Pema Kunsang's Original [[Welcome to first time users of DharmaDictionary]]
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* [[Special:Allpages|Browse All Pages]]
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* '''[[Editing Instructions|Instructions]]''' for making & editing entries
 
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*As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. Currently you can just create your own account. Editing access requires user id and password first time you log in.
 
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* You're welcome to begin with your persoanl teacher[s], which you can find here: [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Category:Tibetan_Buddhist_Teachers Buddhist teachers of our times], <br>
 
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Latest revision as of 13:29, 6 March 2023


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བོད་སྐད་དང་དབྱིན་སྐད་ཚལ་མཛོད་ཐབས་ཤེས་ལྡན་པ།
Tibetan-English Dictionary, Dharma Glossaries and Resources


General Information
The Dharma Dictionary is currently being updated and upgraded, and will soon become a multi-purpose research tool with reference and access to several different databases. It contains free resources for the "circle of Lotsawas" involved in the translation of Buddhist texts and teachings from Tibetan into Western languages. The Dharma Dictionary has 182,513 separate pages in total, all inclusive. 		Search the dictionary
Use the search box above to search for any Tibetan term in Wylie transliteration or in Tibetan font. Examples: sems, rig pa, snying rje.

The Dharma Dictionary contains the word lists of Tibetan translators such as Erik Pema Kunsang (including the complete Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture, 74,441 entries), Ives Waldo (110,607 entries), Jim Valby (66,858 entries), Richard Barron (4716 entries), Erick Tsiknopoulos (2219 entries), Gyurme Dorje (1179 entries), Thomas Doctor (543 entries), Matthieu Ricard (532 entries) and more.

Contribute
We welcome contributors and editors! If you would like to be a contributor to the dictionary or have a detailed editing project in mind, please contact research at tsadra dot org.


Website Contents[edit]

Note to Editors and Contributors[edit]


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