Page 1 of 2

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:06 am
by Bhikkhu Pesala
I have completed the second phase of updating the DPPN.

Except on the Index pages, where diacritics are not used to make page searching easier, most of the Pāli spellings have now been corrected. The names of suttas have been changed to match the CSCD Tipiṭaka to make finding them easier, and footnotes have been added to some of the longer articles to reduce the clutter.

There indexes to the Jātka, Dīgha Nikyāya, Majjhima Nikāya, and Sutta Nipāta.

Its now at a stage where I am happy to leave it has it is, but I welcome any feedback, particularly reports of any broken links.

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:51 am
by Ben
Thank you, Bhante!
:anjali:

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:44 am
by gavesako
There seems to be a missing "i" on the first page:
This online edition includes the diacritical marks (accents) required for the correct spelling of Pāl
:reading:

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:16 am
by mikenz66
Thanks Bhante, That's a very valuable resource, which I use regularly. It's great to be able to look up someone and get all the suttas that he/she appears in. I can then take the page reference and plug it into http://suttacentral.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and often get straight to an on-line version. Or at least have an easy reference to a real book... :reading:

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:05 am
by theY
Great!!!

Note: CSCD4 beta 15 can't search in thai.

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:42 am
by Ytrog
So, from I have seen this is a pali dictionary, am I right?

Thanks for putting it online :anjali:

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:18 pm
by mikenz66
It's a list of the names that appear in the Canon, with summaries of their lives, where their stories may be found in Vinaya, Sutta, and Commentary, which suttas were spoken to them, and so on. A very helpful reference for understanding the Canon.

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:50 pm
by Ytrog
Ah, thnx :D

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:19 pm
by Bhikkhu Pesala
I have updated a number of the longer articles with footnotes, and more cross-references to other articles. If you don't know how to find references in the translations, an explanation and illustration is given after the footnotes.

The average reader doesn't need to see these references at all while reading the article, but the references are useful for those who do want to read a quote in its full context.

This is a convenient place to report broken links or glaring errors. Please provide a link to the page where you found the error.

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:13 am
by Bhikkhu Pesala
I have now almost completed a major update of the Dictionary of Pali Proper Names site.

I transferred the entire site from NetObjects Fusion to Serif WebPlus X8, which now supports font embedding. This should mean that Pāḷi diacritics can be read, even by those who don't have a suitable font installed. Other major changes include:
  1. Changing names of suttas to match the names given in the CSCD Tipiṭaka to make it easier to find references in the Pāḷi text.
  2. Updating the English in some places to improve the translation. Wherever I have made a significant change to the Malalsekera edition, the font colour is changed from Black to Dark Blue.
  3. Inserted numerous suttas (mostly from the Saṃyuttanikāya) that are missing from the original
  4. Added many more cross-reference links including links to footnotes, and backlinks from the footnotes to the text
More updates will follow — I am currently inserting missing suttas beginning with the letter N, which means the process is half done.

Be warned that the translations are no more than a brief synopsis in most cases. If you want to read the translations in full, other sites like Sutta Central or Access to Insight are more suitable. This is a useful reference for finding your way around the Pali Texts.

There's also quite a lot of Sri Lankan history from the Mahāvaṃsa, Cūlavaṃsa, and Rasavahini, which may be of limited interest to students of Buddhism.

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:58 am
by Dhammanando
:twothumbsup:

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:45 pm
by mikenz66
Thanks Bhante for the update.

I was puzzled that there was no detailed entry for Moliyasīvaka. See this thread, where we are discussing AN 6.4:
http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 16#p333916
It seems that there is an entry in the DPPN version here:
http://www.what-buddha-said.net/library ... sivaka.htm
However, your version only has:
Moliyasīvaka.– A wanderer (paribbājaka).
http://aimwell.org/DPPN/m.html
with no link to a detailed article.

Is it possible some of your links have gone missing in the conversion process?

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:57 pm
by Bhikkhu Pesala
The article on Moliyasivaka is there — just the link is missing.

There's another link to the article under Sīvaka.

Thank you for letting me know. It's now fixed.

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:04 am
by mikenz66
Thanks Bhante, it's good to know that it's just a small bug.

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Dictionary of Pali Proper Names

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:40 pm
by Bhikkhu Pesala
About 85% done now after uploading the S Index page and entries beginning with S, and the T Index page and entries beginning with T.

The Samyuttanikāya Page now includes an index of suttas in the Saṃyuttanikāya, which is mostly where I am currently making changes and additions at the moment.

Most changes and additions to Malalasekera's edition are indicated by blue text.