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Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice:
© 1996 Rangjung Yeshe Translations & Publications
in cooperation with the Karma Kagyu Buddhist Network

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The Dharma Dictionary is an ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes with 65,000 entries. Comparatively, the Tibetan-English Dictionary of Sarat Chandra Das has approximately 27,000 entries. The project is supported by Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications, located in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal.

The Dharma Dictionary is a compilation of:

verified entries from existing dictionaries, word-lists and glossaries selected on a practical usage basis
terminology used by translators of the present day who have received extensive teachings from living Buddhist masters
selected definitions and clarifications from classical literary works
information of literary personages, sacred places, and names of scriptures.

The Dharma Dictionary spans the areas of being an extensive glossary, a list of usage of Buddhist terms in present day works of translation, a massive amount of dictionary entries, a lexicography of places, people and literary works, and an encyclopedic covering of topics of importance to the Buddhist world.

Due to numerous requests, the staff of the Dharma Dictionary Project have decided to make the work available to users -- students, scholars and translators of Tibetan Buddhist literature -- in order to further the spreading and understanding of the precious teachings.

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Rangjung Yeshe Translations & Publications, Kathmandu (NEPAL)
Contact Erik Hein Schmidt Chief editor PO Box 1200 Kathmandu NEPAL E-mail: RYP@wlink.com.np or Dharma Dictionary attn. J. Wagner P.O. Box 4796 Boulder, CO 80302 USA E-mail: MediumJoe@aol.com
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