Creating a 1.2 million–word dictionary devoted to the principles, practices, people, places and pennings of Buddhism might seem like the kind of feat possible only through the intervention of ...
Puchung Tsering began the project in 2012. He collected five versions of the "Tripitaka" from Nathang, Beijing, Dege, Zhuoni, and Lainai. He used the copy from Dege - which was the most complete - as ...
LANZHOU - Authorities with China's national social sciences fund have earmarked 800,000 yuan ($128,000) for the compilation of a dictionary on Tibetan Buddhism, compilers said Saturday. The dictionary ...