| A Handbook of Chinese Buddhism Being a Sanskrit, Chinese Dictionary Contributor(s): Eitel, Ernest J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1169871399 ISBN-13: 9781169871397 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.76 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 11.02" W x 8.5" (1.90 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: (LARGE PRINT EDITION) 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. |