Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

and technical terms in a Western language.As a small help in the situation described, a number of alternative renderings used by other translators havebeen included in some articles of this edition. In a very few cases, unacceptable though familiar renderingshave been bracketed. The Venerable Nyanatiloka's own preferences have been placed in inverted commas.Generally it may be said that his renderings, based on his comprehensive knowledge of texts and doctrine, arevery sound and adequate. Only in a very few cases has the editor changed the author's preferred rendering e.g.'canker' for ásava (instead of 'bias'), 'right view' for sammá-ditthi (instead of 'right understanding'). The latterchange was made for the sake of economizing with the few English equivalents for the numerous Pálisynonyms for 'knowing', etc.; and also to avoid having to render the opposite term, micchá-ditthi, by 'wrongunderstanding'.This Dictionary appeared also in the author's own German version (published by Verlag Christiani, Konstanz,Germany) and in a French translation made by the late Mme Suzanne Karpeles (published by 'Adyar', Paris,1961).NYANAPONIKAKandy, CeylonFebruary 1970Only few and minor revisions have been made to the text of the Fourth Edition which is now issued by theBuddhist Publication Society.NYANAPONIKAKandy, Sri LankaMarch 1980A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z