This application contains many different Tibetan-English dictionaries. It has a mode for searching Tibetan terms (either with Tibetan input or Wylie input) and another mode for searching English terms. Note: an online version of this dictionary application is also available at: https://dictionary.christian-steinert.de This dictionary app contains several Tibetan-English, Tibetan-Tibetan, and Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionaries. Thanks go to the authors and compilers of these dictionaries and glossaries without whose work this app would not be possible. The following material is currently contained: - The glossary from the 84000 translation project (www.84000.co) - Dr. Alexander Berzin's English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Glossary. - Richard Barron's glossary. © Copyright 2002 by Turquoise Dragon Media Services. - Thomas Doctor's Tibetan-English terms - Tibetan and English terms from: "Buddhist Terms - Multilingual Version", Edited by Peter Gäng and Sylvia Wetzel, Buddhist Academy Berlin Brandenburg (June 2004) - "Verbinator" Tibetan Verb Dictionary (Verbinator 2000). Taken from: Hill, Nathan (2010) "A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition" (Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-7696-1004-8. If you want to support the author and the publisher please consider buying this book (regular price: 58 EUR plus shipping). - Tsepak Rigdzin - Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terms - The Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Version: June 2015) by Jeffrey Hopkins and others. - "Common Chinese-Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Buddhist Terminology", Compiled by Chung-An Lin, assisted by Hou-Wha Wang (only the English and Tibetan terminology is incluced in the application so far). - Dan Martin: “Tibetan Vocabulary.”, April 2003. - Glossary for Mipham Rinpoche's Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1 (Rangjung Yeshse Publications) - James Valby's Tibetan-English Dictionary. © James Valby. - Ives Waldo's glossary compilation. © Ives Waldo. - Glossary of Tibetan Computer Terms by the China Tibetology Research Center - Various Tibetan definitions from major textbook authors of Sera Monastery (Tibetan) - Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (Tibetan) - Dung dkar tshig mdzod chen mo (Tibetan) - Dag yig gsar bsgrigs (Tibetan) - Mahavyutpatti (Sanskrit terms) - Glossary Based on the Mahāvyutpatti and Yogacarabhumi compiled by Richard Mahoney (Sanskrit terms) More information about these dictionaries is available inside of the app itself. Tibetan input occurs in Wylie or with a Tibetan keyboard layout (you can for example use the Tibetan keyboard from "Iron Rabbit" (Lobsang Monlam) which is available in the Google Play Store if you don't want to type in Wylie transliteration). If you prefer wylie input then you can use the app straight away without installing any additional keyboards. See also www.christian-steinert.de for further resources and pointers to other Tibetan dictionary programs. Common Problems:
VERSION HISTORY
- Version N/A posted on 2019-01-27
This release contains a bugfix for crashes that may happen when switching to multi-window-mode and also in other situations. - Version 0.0.9 posted on 2016-09-23
* Layout fix: reduce horizontal scrolling in the about-section,* new verb dictionary added: "Verbinator" Tibetan Verb Dictionary (Verbinator 2000). Taken from: Hill, Nathan (2010) "A Lexicon of Tibetan Verb Stems as Reported by the Grammatical Tradition" (Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften).,* new glossary added - "Buddhist Terms - Multilingual Version", Edited by Peter Gäng and Sylvia Wetzel, Buddhist Academy Berlin Brandenburg (June 2004),thanks to the auhors for allowing this!
Program Details
- Category: Education > Teaching & Training Tools
- Publisher: Christian Steinert
- License: Free
- Price: N/A
- Version: Array
- Platform: android