Buddhist Terms Found in English Print Dictionaries (diacritics included)


[Updated: 2011.3.29][without diacritics]

Among these terms, 91 are derived from the list compiled by Roger Jackson, published in a 1982 volume of the JIABS. To add to this list, write to acmuller [ a ] jj.em-net.ne.jp

According to the conventions of some academic presses, if diacritics are applied, then the word would still be italicized. Also, terms such as dharma, even if found in English language dictionaries, could be used in a technical sense, such that the application of diacritics would be appropriate.


abhiṣeka

ācārya

anātman

anatta

arhant

arhat

ārya

asura

ātman

avidyā

bhakti

bhikkhu

bhikṣu

bodhi

bodhisattva

brahman

Brāhmaṇa

buddha

caitya

cakra

cakravartin

Dao

deva

devı

dhāraṇī

dharma

dharmakāya

dhyāna

gāthā

guṇa

guru

Hīnayāna

jıva

jñāna

kalpa

kāma

karma

karuṇā

kōan

kṣatriya

Mahāyāna

manas

maṇḍala

mantra

marga

māyā

mokṣa

mudrā

mukti

nāga

nibbāna

nirmāṇakāya

nirvāṇa

pāramitā

prajñā

prakṛti

prāṇa

prātimokṣa

pratyekabuddha

preta

pūjā

purāṇa

puruṣa

sādhana

sādhu

śakti

samādhi

saṃbhogakāya

saṃgha

saṃsāra

saṃskāra

saṅgha

śāstra

satori

siddha

skandha

śloka

śraddhā

śramaṇa

śrāvaka

śruti

stūpa

śūdra

Sukhāvatī

śūnyatā

sūtra

tantra

Tao

tathāgata

tathāgatagarbha

tathatā

Theravāda

trikāya

triratna

Upaniṣad

vaiśya

Vajrayāna

varṇa

Veda

vihāra

Vinaya

vipassana

yakṣa

yoga

yogin

zazen

zen