IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL STUFF I UPLOADED HERE ARE ONLY FREE SOFTWARES MADE BY MY FRIENDS, FREELY DISTRIBUTION EBOOKS, AND OTHERS FREELY DISTRIBUTION STUFF. MOST OF THEM ARE SOFTWARES AND EBOOKS FOR THERAVADA BUDDHISM STUDY.
A. Free Softwares:
Download the Tipitaka Bilangual (Pāli-English)
This is a Pali – English Dictionary from Tong Phuoc Khai.
- Pali Dictionary (about 9MB)
- Dictionary database in MS access (about 7MB):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pali/files/MDB%20database%20files/palidict_mdb.zip/download
OR you can download them from Sourceforge
Another free software (open source) for studying Pali and Theravada Buddhism is the Pali Text Reader.
The Pali Text Reader software is a reading and studying tool for Buddhist Pali texts. It will provide an in-depth search, an expandable dictionary with already more than 20,000 entries and an automatic translation mechanism. The Pali Text Reader contains a library of all Tipitaka books based on the classic and acknowledged Chatta Sangayana Edition (plus some bonus texts).
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/palireader/
B. Free Ebooks:
Download Tipitaka Bilangual (Pāli-En) (Note for Live.com: Open the link first, then look at the top-left conner and click on Download to start download)
Bellow are some free ebooks that I like. Most of them are related to Buddhism.
- Learn Pali (Source: http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_s.htm )
| (402 KB) A Pali Word A Day — Mahindarama Sunday Pali School. |
| A selection of Pali words for daily reflection. This booklet aims to assist new Buddhist students who are unfamiliar with some of the Pali words often used in the study of Buddhism. As the title suggests, it encourages the learning and use of Pali words by learning one word a day. This booklet can serve both as a dictionary and a glossary of terms for your reference. |
| (1642 KB) Pali Buddhist Dictionary [4th Edition] — Ven. Nyanatiloka [Pali Studies] |
| This is an authentic dictionary of Buddhist doctrinal terms, used in the Pali Canon and its Commentaries. It provides the reader not with a mere enumeration of Pali terms and their English equivalents, but offers precise and authentic definitions and explanations of canonical and post-canonical terms and doctrines, based on the Suttas, Abhidhamma and the Commentaries. |
| (822 KB) Elementary Pali Course — Ven. Narada, Thera. [Pali Studies] |
| This Elementary Pali Course by the late Venerable Narada Thera, the renowned Buddhist scholar of the Vjirarama Vihara, Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the standard work for the study of the elementary level of Pali. Pali was the language spoken by the Buddha, and employed by him to expound his teachings. It is also the scriptural language used by the Theravada school of Buddhism. |
| (479 KB) A Grammar of the Pali Language — Chas Durioselle. [Pali Studies] |
| Most introductory Pali grammar books consist of lessons that teach the elements of the language in stages, but because of that they are also very difficult to use as a reference when you need to look up a noun’s declension, or a verb’s conjugation. Because of its practical and comprehensive coverage of the elements of the Pali language in complete chapters, this book is a very useful reference. It was not written for linguistics experts, but for students with little experience studying Pali grammar. |
Ebooks from Pa-Auk.org
1- The working of Kamma by The Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
2- Knowing and Seeing by The Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
3- Teaching and training
If you know any other good materials for studying Theravada Buddhism, please let me know by leaving a comment here or sending me an email at: info at cuongdang.info. I will add them here.
Added on Aug 21, 2010
Here are some of Stardict Dictionaries that I am using:
1- Startdict-Buddhism-3dics.zip contents 3 dictionaries: CKJ Buddhism Dictionary, Pali-English English-Pali Dictionary, Buddhist Dictionary by Nyanaponika:
http://cuongdang.info/stardict/Startdict-Buddhism-3dics.zip
2- Here are some useful dictionaries for Vietnamese (En-Vn, Vn-En, Fr-Vn, Vn-Fr, Vn-Vn, Rus-Vn) 6 dictionaries
http://cuongdang.info/stardict/stardict-6dics-for-vietnamese.zip
Added on Aug 22, 2010
Download common Burmese Fonts here
Thank you!
Cuong Dang.
