内容简介

With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pāli, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Unlike reference works that focus on a single Buddhist language or school, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism bridges the major Buddhist traditions to provide encyclopedic coverage of the most important terms, concepts, texts, authors, deities, schools, monasteries, and geographical sites from across the history of Buddhism. The main entries offer both a brief definition and a substantial short essay on the broader meaning and significance of the term covered. Extensive cross-references allow readers to find related terms and concepts. An appendix of Buddhist lists (for example, the four noble truths and the thirty-two marks of the Buddha), a timeline, six maps, and two diagrams are also included.

Written and edited by two of today's most eminent scholars of Buddhism, and more than a decade in the making, this landmark work is an essential reference for every student, scholar, or practitioner of Buddhism and for anyone else interested in Asian religion, history, or philosophy.

The most comprehensive dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English

More than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words

The first dictionary to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions--Sanskrit, Pāli, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

Detailed entries on the most important terms, concepts, texts, authors, deities, schools, monasteries, and geographical sites in the history of Buddhism

Cross-references and appendixes allow readers to find related and equivalent terms in multiple Buddhist languages

Includes an appendix of Buddhist lists, a timeline, and maps

Also contains selected terms and names in Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, Sinhalese, Newar, and Mongolian

作品目录

Table of Contents:

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Conventions xi

Transcription Systems xiii

Asian Historical Periods xv

Timeline of Buddhism xix

Maps

Cradle of Buddhism xxv

Ancient India xxvi

Ancient China xxvii

Japan and Korea xxviii

Tibet xxix

Routes of Chinese Pilgrims xxx

Mount Sumeru World System (overview) xxxi

Mount Sumeru World System (side view) xxxii

Entries A-Z 1-1063

List of Lists 1065

Cross-References by Language

Chinese Cross-References 1103

Japanese Cross-References 1135

Korean Cross-References 1177

Pali Cross-References 1219

Sanskrit Cross-References 1229

Tibetan Cross-References 1231

Tibetan Phonetic Cross-References 1259