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Abstract

and total number of strokes, for the variant readings of a single character in Japanese Buddhist terminology can be quite puzzling. One also feels the need for a more precise system of source reference than mere chiian numbers, particularly since the overwhehning majority of texts referred to are included in the Taisho Canon. On the other hand this work is happily free of the lengthy and unexplained quotations that have served its predecessors as substitutes for explanations. To give this dictionary its due, it should be observed that it is not intended for the trained specialist, but for the beginner who one day means to be a specialist. And, although the layman's dictionary of Buddhism has yet to be written, this work is a welcome addition to the secondary literature on Buddhism, and the appearance of its companion volume is something worth waiting for.