The present volume Dictionary of Buddhist Doctrinal and Technical Terms based on the Pali and Sanskrit-Buddhist literature has been compiled by Professor Binayendra Nath Chaudhury. The most important Buddhist doctrinal terms such as Cattari Ariya-saccani (Four Noble Truths), viz., Dukkha (Suffering), Dukkhasamudaya (Cause of Suffering), Dukkanirodha (Cessation of Suffering), Dukkhanirodha-gamini-patipada (Way to Cessation of Suffering) otherwise called Ariya Atthangika Magga (Noble Eight-fold Path) or Majjhima Patipada (Middle Path), Paticcasamuppada (Law of Dependent Origination), Paccaya (Casual Relation), Nibbana (Nirvana), Anatta (Soullessness), Anicca (Impermanence), Jhana or Dhyana (Meditation), Samvrti-satya (conventional truth), Paramartha-satya (Absolute truth), Alayavijnana (Store of Consciousness), etc. and doctrines of different Buddhist sects such as Theravada, Mahasanghika, Sarvastivada, Yogacara, or Vijnanavada, Madhhyamika or S unyavada, Vaibhasika, Sautrantika, Mantrayana, Vajrayana and so on have been treated critically and analytically in accordance with the interpretation of the term in question by the Buddha himself or by later famous commentators like Buddhadatta, Buddhaghosa and Dhammapala along with interpretations and explanations of the modern scholars. Thus the Dictionary reflects fair and true understanding of the entire Buddhist doctrine to the readers.

Dictionary of Buddhist Doctrinal and Technical Terms, Binayendra Nath Chaudhury, The Asiatic Society, Hardcover, 2005, 500 Pages, $45.00

Professor Bainayendra Nath Chaudhury (born on 2nd March, 1931) passed the B.A. (with Honours in Pali) and M.A. Examinations standing first in the first class from the University of Calcutta as a student of the Presidency College, Kolkata. He was selected as Premchand Roychand Scholar (P.R.S.) for his thesis entitled 'Buddhism in Ancient Magadha' in 1961 and obtained Ph.D. Degree in 1964. He joined the Sanskrit.