Glossary of Buddhism

Some 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 along with the definition.

Languages and traditions dealt with here:
 * English (Eng.)
 * Pāli: Theravada Buddhism
 * Sanskrit (or Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit): primarily Mahayana Buddhism
 * Bengali (Bgd): Buddhism in Bangladesh
 * Sinhala (Sri): Buddhism in Sri Lanka
 * Burmese (Bur): Buddhism in Myanmar
 * Karen (Kar): Theravada Buddhism
 * Khmer: Buddhism in Cambodia
 * Mon (Mon): Theravada Buddhism
 * Mongolian (Mn): Buddhism in Mongolia
 * Shan (Shan): Theravada Buddhism
 * Tibetan (Tib): Tibetan Buddhism
 * Dzongkha ༼རྫོང་ཁ༽ (Dzo): Buddhism in Bhutan
 * Thai: Buddhism in Thailand
 * Lao: Buddhism in Laos
 * CJKV languages
 * Chinese (Cn): Chinese Buddhism
 * Cantonese (Hk): Buddhism in Hong Kong
 * Japanese (Jp): Buddhism in Japan
 * Korean (Ko): Korean Buddhism
 * Taiwanese Hokkien (Tw): Buddhism in Taiwan
 * Vietnamese (Vi): Buddhism in Vietnam (Mahayana and Theravada)
 * Javanese (Jv): Buddhism in Indonesia