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Dictionaries, Lexicons, and Encyclopedias
Online Resources
- A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms (William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous)
- A to Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Statuary
- Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online (Edited by Jonathan Silk, Richard Bowring, and Vincent Eltschinger)
- Buddhist Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names
- Buddhist Digital Resource Center
- Chinese & Japanese Online Dictionary
- Concise Pāli-English Dictionary
- Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Edited by Charles A. Muller)
- Ding's Great Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
- Encyclopedia.com
- See subject-specific entries on Buddhism.
- Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr.)
- Fo xue xiao ci dian 佛學小辭典 [Concise Dictionary of Buddhist studies]. (Edited by Zulie Sun)
- Glossaries for Buddhist Studies
- Jeffrey Hopkins: Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary
- Pentaglot Dictionary of Buddhist Terms (Edited by Raghu Vira)
- The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Donald S. Lopez, Jr.)
- The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism (Sutra Translation Committee)
- THL Tibetan Literary Encyclopedia
- Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
- Tibetan-English Dictionary, Dharma Glossaries and Resources
- Tibetan Vocabulary
- Treasury of Lives
Print Resources
- Baroni, Helen Josephine. 2002. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. New York: Rosen Publishing Group.
- Buddhadatta, A. P. 1989. English-Pali dictionary. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.
- Bukkyō dai jii 佛教大辭彙 [Encyclopedic Buddhist Glossary]. 6 vols. Ed. Ryūkoku University Buddhist Studies Department. 1935. Rpt. 7 vols. Tokyo: Fuzanbō, 1972.
- Cho, Myŏng-gi, Yŏng-gyu Min, and Ko-san O. 1999. Han'guk Pulgyo taesajŏn 韓國佛教大辭典 [Encyclopedia of Korean Buddhism]. Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi: Poryŏn'gak.
- Furuta, Shōkin. 1988. Bukkyō daijiten 仏教大辞典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Buddhica]. Tōkyō: Shōgakkan.
- Hirakawa, Akira. 1997. A Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Bukkyō Kan-Bon daijiten). Tokyo: Reiyūkai.
- Iwamoto, Yutaka. 1988. Nihon bukkyōgo jiten. Tōkyō: Heibonsha.
- Kanaoka, Shūyū, Keiichi Yanagawa, Akira Suganuma, and Noriyoshi Tamaru. 1989. Bukkyō bunka jiten 日本仏教語辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist terms]. Tōkyō: Kōsei Shuppansha.
- Malalasekera, G. P. 1961. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Ceylon: Government Press.
- Mochizuki, Shinkō and Zenryū Tsukamoto. 1954. Mochizuki Bukkyō daijiten 佛教大辭典 [Encyclopedia of Buddhism].Tōkyō: Sekai Seiten Kankō Kyōkai.
- Nakamura, Hajime. 2004. Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 岩波仏教辞典 [The Iwanami Dictionary of Buddhism]. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten.
- Nakamura, Hajime. 1975. Bukkyōgo daijiten 佛教語大辞典 [Dictionary of Buddhist technical terms]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Shoseki.
- Nakamura, Hajime. 1988. Zusetsu Bukkyōgo daijiten 図説佛教語大辭典 [Dictionary of Buddhist iconographic terms]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Shoseki.
- Oda, Tokunō and Yaichi Haga. 1928. Bukkyō daijiten 佛教大辭典 [Dictionary of Buddhism]. Tōkyō: Ōkura Shoten.
- Taya, Raishun, Enichi Ōchō, and Issai Funahashi. 1965. Bukkyōgaku jiten 佛教學辭典 [Dictionary of Buddhist doctrines]. Kyōto-shi: Hōzōkan.
- Wang, Youru. 2017. Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Xingyundashi, Ciyi, and Cizhuang. 1988. Fo guang da ci dian 佛光大辭典 [Foguang Buddhist dictionary]. Taiwan Gaoxiong Shi: Fo guang chu ban she.
- Yokoyama, Kōichi, and Takayuki Hirosawa. 1997. Dictionary of Buddhist Terminology (Based on Yogācārabhūmi): Sanscrit-Tibetan-Chinese & Tibetan-Sanscrit-Chinese = Bukkyōgo jiten: Yugashiji ron ni motozuku Bon-Zō-Kan taishō, Zō-Bon-Kan taishō. Tōkyō: Sankibō Busshorin.