A Chinese-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terms

Description

A Chinese-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terms

中英佛教词典

Author: Chen Guansheng, Li Peizhu

Order No. 15916

ISBN-13: 9787119037868

ISBN-10: 7119037862

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Foreign Languages Press

Pub Year: 2005

Language: Chinese-English

Size: 7.5 x 10.5

Page: 474

Price: $79.95

This dictionary is comprised of more than 16,000 entries covering terms, allusions, books, monks, relics, rituals, schisms, events, places, Buddhist materials of Mahayana (including Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism) and Hinayana Buddhism, etc. Every entry consists of Chinese phrase, English translation and concise Chinese explanation. For important terms, names and allusions, Latin conversions are provided. Latin conversions are also available for Tibetan and Japanese Buddhist terms.

The dictionary includes traditional-simplified and simplified-traditional Chinese indexes, as well as a pinyin-Wade-Giles conversion table.

It is a very useful reference for those who are interested in Buddhism or Buddhism studies.