Buddhist terms and concepts

Several Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term. Below are given a number of important Buddhist terms, short definitions, and the languages in which they appear. In this list, an attempt has been made to organize terms by their original form and give translations and synonyms in other languages below the definition.

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Languages and traditions dealt with here:

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• English (Eng.)
• P?li: Therav?da Buddhism
• Sanskrit (or Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit): primarily Mah?y?na Buddhism
• Thai: Therav?da Buddhism
• Tibetan (Tib): Tibetan Buddhism
• CJKV languages
• Chinese (Cn): Chinese Buddhism
• Japanese (Jp): Japanese Buddhism
• Korean (Ko): Korean Buddhism
• Vietnamese (Vi): Vietnamese Buddhism
 
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