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Anyone reading English translations of Buddhist texts will encounter a host of names, terms, and phrases whose meanings are not clear even though they appear in English. Buddhism is famous for its specialized terminology and translation alone may not communicate its full meaning. East Asian Buddhist diction is layered with several languages Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Japanese and the only way to make one s way through this linguistic maze without getting lost is with the aid of a good dictionary. The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism, a revised and expanded version of A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts (1983), is a welcome addition that serves this purpose. Written clearly for the general reader, the Dictionary contains over 2,700 entries. While it is designed primarily for use with the Soka Gakkai s translations of Nichiren s works, the Dictionary contains a wealth of terms found in all other traditions of Buddhism. Definitions are given for technical terms, historical figures, doctrinal texts, institutions, and place names. The entries provide complete cross-references so that readers may know and further pursue meanings of term equivalents as rendered in other ways o

Who reads The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism?

Author

Soka Gakkai international English Buddhist dictionary committee

Publisher

Soka Gakkai, SokaGakkai

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9784412012059

Category

reference

Subjects

Buddhism, Religion

Rating

4.7 / 5 (15 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14