Hi all,
I am attempting to work though the Sanskrit of Vasubandhu's thirty verses. I only have an intermediate knowledge of Sanskrit - I have worked though a text book and can confortably read (but perhaps not fully grasp) Sutras such as the Diamond but never mastered the various past tense constructions, but can look them up when needed. Verse and especially philosophical verse is another story. One problem I am having which I hope someone can help me with is that dictionaries such as the Monier-Williams do not cover specialised Buddhist vocabulary and I am having to rely on translations to figure out the meaning of some words. So my question is where do such translators get thier meanings from? What are the standard dictionaries used for the study of Sanskrit Mahyana Buddhist texts? Even Edgerton's BHS dictionary doesn't seem to cut it.
I am also hoping to move on to Chinese and perhaps even Tibetan, so if members could point me towards dictionaries that cover that period I would be grateful.
Sanskrit/Chinese/Tibetan dictionaries?
Re: Sanskrit/Chinese/Tibetan dictionaries?
Conze's Materials for a Dictionary of the Perfection of Wisdom Literatureakuppa wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:58 pm Hi all,
I am attempting to work though the Sanskrit of Vasubandhu's thirty verses. I only have an intermediate knowledge of Sanskrit - I have worked though a text book and can confortably read (but perhaps not fully grasp) Sutras such as the Diamond but never mastered the various past tense constructions, but can look them up when needed. Verse and especially philosophical verse is another story. One problem I am having which I hope someone can help me with is that dictionaries such as the Monier-Williams do not cover specialised Buddhist vocabulary and I am having to rely on translations to figure out the meaning of some words. So my question is where do such translators get thier meanings from? What are the standard dictionaries used for the study of Sanskrit Mahyana Buddhist texts? Even Edgerton's BHS dictionary doesn't seem to cut it.
I am also hoping to move on to Chinese and perhaps even Tibetan, so if members could point me towards dictionaries that cover that period I would be grateful.
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Re: Sanskrit/Chinese/Tibetan dictionaries?
There are various Buddhist glossaries and so on such as the Mahāvyutpatti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahāvyutpattiakuppa wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:58 pm Hi all,
I am attempting to work though the Sanskrit of Vasubandhu's thirty verses. I only have an intermediate knowledge of Sanskrit - I have worked though a text book and can confortably read (but perhaps not fully grasp) Sutras such as the Diamond but never mastered the various past tense constructions, but can look them up when needed. Verse and especially philosophical verse is another story. One problem I am having which I hope someone can help me with is that dictionaries such as the Monier-Williams do not cover specialised Buddhist vocabulary and I am having to rely on translations to figure out the meaning of some words. So my question is where do such translators get thier meanings from? What are the standard dictionaries used for the study of Sanskrit Mahyana Buddhist texts? Even Edgerton's BHS dictionary doesn't seem to cut it.
I am also hoping to move on to Chinese and perhaps even Tibetan, so if members could point me towards dictionaries that cover that period I would be grateful.
Re: Sanskrit/Chinese/Tibetan dictionaries?
Many thanks to both of you, its great that I can see the Sanskrit and Tibetan side by side.