Buddhist Terms Found in English Print Dictionaries


[Updated: 2009.8.8]

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


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

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

yakṣa

yoga

yogin

zen