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Wat Phra Si Sanphet in Ayutthaya, Thailand. © Christian Luczanits
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Buddhist Publications
To cover the enormous corpus of Buddhist texts across languages and traditions, scholars have collaborated to compile extensive bibliographic archives both online and in print.
Bibliographies, Catalogues, Canons, and Research Guides
- 84000 Project Reading Room
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages
- Buddhist Studies Authority Database Project
- Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA)
- CBETA Search Tools: This site offers tools and instructions to improve your search performance on the CBETA collection.
- Dan Martin: Tibskrit Philology
- Digital Database of Buddhist Tripitaka Catalogues
- Digital Pāli Reader
- Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon
- East Asian Buddhist Studies: A Reference Guide
- H-Buddhism Buddhist Studies Bibliography Zotero
- NTU Digital Library of Buddhist Studies
- Manchu Buddhist Canon
- Pāḷi Tipiṭaka
- The Buddhist Digital Archive (previously TBRC)
- The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue
- The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database
- Thesaurus Literaturae Buddhicae
Dictionaries, Lexicons, and Encyclopedias
Online Resources
- A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms (William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous). Chinese Buddhist Terms at Stanford Libraries
- A to Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Statuary
- Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online (Edited by Jonathan Silk, Richard Bowring, and Vincent Eltschinger). Brill Encyclopedia of Buddhism at Stanford Libraries
- Buddhist Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names
- Buddhist Digital Resource Center
- Chinese & Japanese Online Dictionary
- Concise Pāli-English Dictionary. Concise Pāli-English Dictionary at Stanford Libraries
- 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.). Encyclopedia of Buddhism at Stanford Libraries
- Fo xue xiao ci dian 佛學小辭典 [Concise Dictionary of Buddhist studies]. (Edited by Zulie Sun). Fo xue xiao ci dian full text available at HathiTrust. Fo xue xiao ci dian at Stanford Libraries Link
- Glossaries for Buddhist Studies
- Jeffrey Hopkins: Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary
- Pentaglot Dictionary of Buddhist Terms (Edited by Raghu Vira). Pentaglot Dictionary at Stanford Libraries
- The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Donald S. Lopez, Jr.). Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism at Stanford Libraries
- 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.