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'''DharmaDictionary.net'''
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==== 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.<br>
[[invitation letter]]


==== 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 & Teachings]]
* [[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


==== Samples ====
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* Sample of an entry for the [[Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary]] on DharmaDictionary.net<br>
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* Sample page of teacher [[Longchenpa]], [[Chatral Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]
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* Sample page of translator [[Gyurme Dorje]]
      <div class="TibInline text-center pink-hover-links" style="font-size: 2.5em;">[[bod skad|བོད་སྐད་]][[dang|དང་]][[dbyin skad|དབྱིན་སྐད་]][[tshal mdzod|ཚལ་མཛོད་]][[thabs shes ldan pa|ཐབས་ཤེས་ལྡན་པ།]]</div>
      <div class="tag-line">Tibetan-English Dictionary, Dharma Glossaries and Resources</div>
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==== 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 ====
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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>).-->


Please read the  
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.
*[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide '''User's Guide'''] for usage and configuration help and the
| 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'''.
*[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface] for the more complex stuff.
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=== Website Contents ===
 
* <big>'''[[:Category:Tibetan_Dictionary|Tibetan Lexicon]]'''</big> - All Tibetan terms available on this Wiki, listed in alphabetical order.  
* <big>'''[[:Category:Terms|Lotsawa Workbench Terms]]'''</big>
* '''[[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
* '''[[Translators & Translations]]''' - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work
<!--* '''[[Resources]]''' for the study and translation of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature-->
* '''[[Study Programs]]''' related to Buddhist study and practice
* '''[[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]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 6 March 2023


Welcome3-500b.gif
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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