Buddhist Terms Found in English Print Dictionaries (diacritics removed)


[Updated: 2011.1.18][with 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 most 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.


abhiseka/abhisheka

acarya

anatman

anatta

arhant

arhat

arya

asura

atman

avidya

bhakti

bhikkhu

bhiksu/bhikshu

bodhi

bodhisattva

brahman

Brahmana

buddha

caitya

cakra

cakravartin

Dao

deva

devı

dharani

dharma

dharmakaya

dhyana

gatha

guna

guru

Hinayana

jıva

jnana

kalpa

kama

karma

karuna

koan

ksatriya/kshatriya

Mahayana

manas

mandala

mantra

marga

maya

moksa/moksha

mudra

mukti

naga

nibbana

nirmanakaya

nirvana

paramita

prajna

prakrti

prana

pratimoksa/pratimoksha

pratyekabuddha

preta

puja

purana

purusa/purusha

sadhana

sadhu

śakti/shakti

samadhi

sambhogakaya

samgha

samsara

samskara

sangha

sastra/shastra

siddha

skandha

sloka/shloka

sraddha/shraddha

sramana/shramana

sravaka/shravaka

sruti/shruti

stupa

sudra/shudra

Sukhavati

śunyata/shunyata

sutra

tantra

Tao

tathagata

tathagatagarbha

tathata

Theravada

trikaya

triratna

Upanisad/Upanishad

vaisya/vaishya

Vajrayana

varna

Veda

vihara

Vinaya

yaksa/yaksha

yoga

yogin

zen


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vipassana

yaksa/yaksha

yoga

yogin

zazen

zen