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'''DharmaDictionary.net'''
==== mission & aims ====
This website has the purpose of being dynamic and growing, a dictionary of current usage, full of resources for translators, as non-sectarian and open-minded as possible, and available on the Internet for free use by everyone.


==== contents ====
* [[Backmatter material]] of old and new translation works
* [[:Category:Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]] a listing of historically important teachers
* [[Special:Categories|Categories]]
* [[Database of translations]] of major and minor texts.
* [[Dictionaries]] - list of published Tibetan-English dictionaries
* [[Indices]] of old and new translation works
* [[Lineages]]
* [[Literature]]
* [[:Category:lotsawas|Lotsawas]] the lotsawa-network
* [[Quotes]] used in Tibetan literature
* [[Resources]]
* [[Shedra schools]] list Tibetan philosophy/language schools in international locations
* [[Tibetan Buddhist teachers]]  a record of the recent and present-day masters who have actively taught the Dharma to our generation
* [[Tibetan texts in Wylie format]] available online, here or elsewhere
* [[Translation-tools]] for lotsawas and scholars


== '''DharmaDictionary.net''' aims to be:==
====Example====
* a '''dictionary of current usage'''
* a record of the recent and present-day '''[[Tibetan Buddhist teachers]]''', '''[[translators]]''' & '''[[Translation groups]]''' involved in bringing the Dharma into the English language
* a site for current '''[[shedra schools]]''' in international locations
* a compilation site for '''[[dictionaries]] and glossaries''' between Tibetan and English
* access to online '''[[Tibetan texts in Wylie format]]'''
* a website of '''[[Resources]]''' and '''[[Translation-tools]]''' for lotsawas and scholars
* a database of common '''[[Quotes]]''' used in Tibetan literature
* a listing of historically important '''[[Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages]]''', & '''[[Literature]]'''
* a place to include '''[[indices]]''' and '''[[backmatter material]]''' of old and new translation works
* as non-sectarian and open-minded as possible
* available on the Internet for free use by everyone
* dynamic and growing, rather than static and stagnant
* a [[lotsawa-network]] with a [[database of translations]] of major and minor texts.
 
 
 
===Example===
* Sample of an entry for the [[Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary]] on DharmaDictionary.net<br>
* Sample of an entry for the [[Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary]] on DharmaDictionary.net<br>
* Sample page of teacher [[Chatral Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]
* Sample page of teacher [[Chatral Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]
* Sample page of translator [[Gyurme Dorje]]
* Sample page of translator [[Gyurme Dorje]]


===search===
====search====
To search for a word, just type the word -- in '''Wylie''' transliteration / or normal English -- into the search box to the left.
To search for a word, just type the word -- in '''Wylie''' transliteration / or normal English -- into the search box to the left.


===editors/contributors===
====editors/contributors====
As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. To nominate the best person you know, write to: '''dictionary@rangjung.com''' -- (currently you can just create your own account)
As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. To nominate the best person you know, write to: '''dictionary@rangjung.com''' -- (currently you can just create your own account)


===Note to editors and contributors===
====Note to editors and contributors====
Edit access requires user id and password.
Edit access requires user id and password.


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Revision as of 02:14, 11 December 2005

DharmaDictionary.net

mission & aims

This website has the purpose of being dynamic and growing, a dictionary of current usage, full of resources for translators, as non-sectarian and open-minded as possible, and available on the Internet for free use by everyone.

contents

Example

search

To search for a word, just type the word -- in Wylie transliteration / or normal English -- into the search box to the left.

editors/contributors

As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. To nominate the best person you know, write to: dictionary@rangjung.com -- (currently you can just create your own account)

Note to editors and contributors

Edit access requires user id and password.

Please read the

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