Glossary of Buddhism

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Some Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term. Below are given a number of important Buddhist terms, short definitions, and the languages in which they appear. In this list, an attempt has been made to organize terms by their original form and give translations and synonyms in other languages along with the definition. Languages and traditions dealt with here: English (EN) – Buddhism in the West Pāli (PI) – Theravada Sanskrit (SA) – primarily Mahayana Bengali (BN) – Theravada Sinhala (SI) – Theravada Burmese (MY) – Theravada Karen (KAR) – Theravada Khmer (KM) – Theravada Mon (MNW) – Theravada Mongolian (MN) – primarily Vajrayana Shan (SHN) – Theravada Tibetan (BO) – Tibetan Buddhism Dzongkha (DZ) – Tibetan Buddhism Thai (TH) – primarily Theravada Lao (LO) – Theravada CJKV languages Chinese (ZH) – Chinese Buddhism Cantonese (YUE) – Buddhism in Hong Kong Mandarin (CMN) – Buddhism in China Taiwanese Hokkien (NAN) – Buddhism...

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