Sanskrit-Chinese Dictionary

As the compiler of this wonderful work of reference rightly says, “No apology is needed for the appearance of this book, though it is the first attempt of its kind in Sanskrit, Chinese or Japanese language.” The student of Chinese and Japanese religious literature finds himself, at almost every step, hampered by the continual recurrence of Sanskrit terms embedded in the religious texts, generally without a word of explanation. These form a series of vexatious riddles for a clue to which one had to go beyond the range of a library. This is especially the case with Buddhist works, many of which are a simple translations from Sanskrit, Pall or Tibetan originals. Thus arises the need of a Dictionary like the present which aims at smoothing the pathway to a deep understanding of Buddhism and the influence it had on the native literature. The Dictionary will help understand popular Buddhist classics in Chinese or Japanese language more easily.
More than 2100 articles are included by the author in this small book for the benefit of the Buddhist scholar to understand the relevance of Sanskrit words occurring in Chinese, Japanese, Singhalese or Tibetan text. The literature, the biography and the philosophy of the Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism have been specially laid under contribution to extend the usefulness of this Handbook, whilst the substitution of a Japanese, Singhalese, Siamese, Tibetan and Mongolian in addition to the Chinese vocabulary now makes the book a wonderful guide to the understanding of Japanese as well as Chinese Buddhism more easy.