A Handbook of Chinese Buddhism Being a Sanskrit, Chinese Dictionary Contributor(s): Eitel, Ernest J. (Author) |
|
ISBN: 1163203181 ISBN-13: 9781163203187 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $41.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.17 lbs) 246 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 1888. With Vocabularies of Buddhist Terms in Pali, Singhalese, Siamese, Burmese, Tibetan, Mongolian and Japanese. From the Preface: The student of Chinese religious literature finds himself at almost every step hampered by the continual recurrence of Sanskrit and other foreign terms embedded in the text, generally without a word of explanation. These form a series of vexatious riddles for a clue to which one has to go beyond the range of a Chinese library. This is especially the case with Buddhist works, many of which are simply translations from Sanskrit or Pali or Tibetan originals. Hence arises the need of a Dictionary like the present which aims at smoothing the pathway to an understanding of Buddhism and of native religions influenced by it. |