Glossary of Buddhism
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 – Buddhism in the West
- Pāli – Theravada
- Buddhist [Hybrid Sanskrit|Sanskrit] – primarily Mahayana
- Bengali – Theravada
- Sinhala – Theravada
- Burmese – Theravada
- Karen language|Karen] – Theravada
- Khmer – Theravada
- Mon – Theravada
- Mongolian – primarily Vajrayana
- Shan – Theravada
- Tibetan – Tibetan Buddhism
- Dzongkha – Tibetan Buddhism
- Thai – primarily Theravada
- Lao – Theravada
- CJKV languages
- * Chinese – Chinese Buddhism
- ** Cantonese – Buddhism in [Hong Kong]
- ** Mandarin – Buddhism in China
- ** Taiwanese Hokkien – Buddhism in Taiwan
- * Japanese – Japanese Buddhism
- * Korean – Korean Buddhism
- * Vietnamese – Mahayana/Theravada
- Javanese – Mahayana/Theravada
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