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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.
| 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>).-->
 
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.
| 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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==== Mission & aims ====
This website is designed to be:
* '''Dynamic''' and '''growing'''
* A '''dictionary of current usage'''
* Full of '''resources for translators'''
* As '''non-sectarian''' and '''open-minded''' as possible
* '''Free''' to be used by everyone


==== Invitation  ====
=== Website Contents ===
* [[invitation letter|Invitation Letter]]


==== Contents ====
* <big>'''[[:Category:Tibetan_Dictionary|Tibetan Lexicon]]'''</big> - All Tibetan terms available on this Wiki, listed in alphabetical order.
* '''[[:Category:Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]'''
* <big>'''[[:Category:Terms|Lotsawa Workbench Terms]]'''</big>
* '''Present day [[:Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers|Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]'''
* '''[[Resources for Translators, Scholars & Practitioners]]'''
* '''[[Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]'''
* 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
* '''[[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
* '''[[Teachings]]'''
=== Note to Editors and Contributors ===
* 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)
* See a complete list of online resources here: '''''In Development''''' [[Resources for Translators, Scholars & Practitioners]]
* Erik Pema Kunsang's Original [[invitation letter|Invitation Letter]]
* Erik Pema Kunsang's Original [[Welcome to first time users of DharmaDictionary]]
* [[Special:Allpages|Browse All Pages]]
* [[Special:Categories|Browse All Categories]]


==== Note to Editors and Contributors ====
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* '''[[Editing Instructions|Instructions]]''' for making & editing entries
*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.

Latest revision as of 12:29, 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 182,512 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

Note to Editors and Contributors


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