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Perhaps a pointer to a Pali or Sanskrit dictionary online might be more useful. On the other hand we could start a seperate wiki for this purpose, and include Sanskrit, Tibetan, Burmese, Pali, Thai, Lao, Chinese (trad. & simplified, pinyin). Otherwise this page will end up with two, three, four or more versions of the same term. -- prat
For now it is not so big. I do think it is usefull to have a list of the Buddhist terms we've already covered in wiki. When it gets too big, splitting it up into the languages sounds like a good idea.
kh7 11:50 Mar 28, 2003 (UTC)
When people add new terms, there should be consistency in the use of uppercase and lowercase. According to standard reference works, only proper names, places, texts, temples and so forth should have the first letter capitalized. Terms, such as anicca, nirvana, samsara, etc. should be in lower case. People have apparently been doing it both ways, so I have fixed this 2003.08.26
I think that trying to manually build a page like this is wasted effort, since such a page can be generated automatically by just adding a category link to each of these entries like ((Category:Buddhist terms)). I have already started this category, and I would like to suggest that we devote our energies to seeking out terms and linking them up this way, rather than trying to build a separate list. Also, I think Buddhist terms is good enough. We don't need Buddhist terms and concepts--after all, a term is a concept.
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