Religious Studies Web Guide

Buddhism - Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary
Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia - note includes a category "Scholars in Buddhist Studies " - this "leading online resource about Buddhism" provides "an academic /scientific perspective. Traditional and original texts (sutras, tantras, commentaries, poems etc.) are included, however if and where possible, academic explanations and references are given" - extensive articles
ChinaKnowledge.de - An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art
Dharma Dictonary - Tibetan-English
Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewish Hodous
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism edited by A. Charles Muller
Female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
Memory of the World - woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures
Rigpa Shedra Wiki : an online encyclopedia of Tibetan Buddhism - currently over 15,000 articles
Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
Tibetan Historical Dictionary
Treasury of Lives: Biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalaya - over 1100 biographies - entries include links to primary sources. Can browse biographies by categories: Women, Translators, Royalty, Indian Masters, Artists, Abbots etc. as well as by Religious Traditions: Bodong, Bon, Geluk, Jonang, Kadam, Kalacakra, Lamdre, Marpa Kagyu, Nyingma, Orgyen Nyendrub, Ra Luk, Sakya, Shangpa Kagyu and Zhije Chod and by place.