Tipitaka Pali .Org (TPO) - read & learn Tipiṭaka Pāḷi

Shortname: (TPO) = TipitakaPali.Org or Tipitaka Pali Online

Tipitakapali.org and its offline apps aim to offer a simple and pleasant way to read and learn Tipiṭaka Pāḷi. They include helpful Pāḷi and Sanskrit dictionaries, as well as full-text search features.

The Pāḷi Roman text on Tipitakapali.org follows the latest Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (CST) - Official VRI Edition. The most recent update by VRI, including typo corrections and other improvements, was in Aug 2024. We strive to stay in sync with VRI updates, ensuring you always have access to the latest corrections.

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How to use

1. Most items are “click-able”

Most of what you see on the screen are self-explaining and click-able. Simply click or tap on them to discover the functions.

How to use video.

For the online web app, it will auto re-direct to mobile view accordingly to your device screen size. (On mobile, if you want to try the PC view, visit PC view)

2. Toggle the menu bar with Ctrl+Shift+M on Windows/Linux OS

3. Using Tipitakapali.org Offline with Your Browser

You can use Tipitakapali.org Offline on your computer directly through a web browser. This allows you to easily search the current page (Ctrl/Cmd + F), bookmark it (Ctrl/Cmd + D), sync your own bookmarks, and more.

Tipitakapali Offline - Open In A Web Browser
Tipitakapali Offline - In A Chrome Browser

4. Multi windows/text

Tipitakapali Offline - Multi Windows
Tipitakapali Offline - Multi Scripts

If you’re using Tipitakapali.org through a web browser, simply right-click (or long-press on mobile) any link and select Open link in new window. You can open as many windows as you’d like! :)

5. Full Text Search and Find in Page

The full-text search works like Google search. Check out the search mode in the Show|Hide Advance Search settings.

To see longer text snippets without opening the file, increase the Extract text length in the Show|Hide Advance Search settings. The default is set to 100.

Press Ctrl + F (on MacOS Cmd + F) to open the search box.

6. Velthuis typing scheme

Customised Velthuis typing scheme for typing Roman pāḷi:

type --> gettype --> get
aaāiiī
uuūm..
.m.n
.d.l
.r.s
s..ś.t
,,nñn..

7. Sharing URL

Tips:

http://localhost:8899/book/s0101m.mul.html

To online URL:

https://tipitakapali.org/book/s0101m.mul.html

Feedback & Bug Report

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions related to this app, please open a new Git issue or e-mail us: tipitakapali.org at gmail.com

License

As required by some adapted materials, the app is generally distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. For more details, please see the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Legal Code and the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Summary.

However, for other materials (except the Sanskrit-English Dictionaries mentioned below or unless otherwise noted), like the text, they can be used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. This does not override the original material owner’s license in case of conflict. If you found something out of place, please inform us via: tipitakapali.org @ gmail.com

Attributions

1. Digital Roman Pāḷi Tipiṭaka Text

The digital pāḷi tipiṭaka text is adapted from the Tipitaka.org XML files obtained from this git repo: https://github.com/VipassanaTech/tipitaka-xml. For sub chapter split we used and followed https://tipitaka.org/romn/

Tipitaka.org XML files These files are made freely available for non-commericial use. Please attribute Vipassana Research Institute when incorporating these files into your projects.

2. Pali Script Converter

Powerful Pali Script Converter - a library for transliterating pāḷi across multiple scripts.

3. တိပိဋက ပါဠိ-မြန်မာအဘိဓာန် Data

Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary data is adapted (with modifications) from Tipitaka App & Tipitaka Abidan both developed by Ven. Pn Daza.

The digitalised data is not complete (and likely will not be complete in the near future). So for full word entries, please see the original printed dictionary books, or scanned ones via Tipitaka Abidan app (24/25 volumes, as of 2022).

4. Digital Pali Dictionary - Data

Digital Pali Dictionary - dict data, js, and csss are obtained from Digital Pali Dictionary, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This app can be also a convenient way for you to provide feedbacks to DPD. (Click on a button of each DPD word entry, the feedback link is at the end of the expanded content). See also DPD dictionary documentation.

5. Pāḷi Text Society’s Pāli-English Dictionary 2015 (PTS PED)

The dictionary data in this app is adapted from Buddhadust’s ped.htm, retrieved on 30 Aug 2024. From Buddhadust: This work (ped.htm) is based on an scanned version of an early reprint of an early edition of The Pāḷi Text Society’s Pāḷi English Dictionary revised in accordance with the 2015 “Reprint with corrections” by K.R. Norman, William Pruitt and Peter Jackson.

Digitized Version of the Pāḷi Text Society’s Pāli-English Dictionary

Edited by T.W. Rhys Davids, F.B.A., D.Sc., Ph.D., L.L.D., D.Litt. and William Stede, Ph.D.

Corrected Reprint by K.R. Norman, William Pruitt, and Peter Jackson

Published by The Pāḷi Text Society Bristol 2015

Corrected reprint Copyright The Pāḷi Text Society - Commercial Rights Reserved Creative Commons BY-NC

6. Sanskrit-English Dictionaries

This website / application uses data from Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, Cologne University, accessed on November 14, 2023.

Copyright © 2014 The Sanskrit Library and Thomas Malten

All rights reserved other than those granted under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license available in full at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode, and summarized at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Permission is granted to build upon this work non-commercially, as long as credit is explicitly acknowledged exactly as described herein, and derivative work is distributed under the same license.

  1. Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English dictionary, 1899 link

  2. Apte’s Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1890 link

  3. Edgerton’s Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary, 1953 link

7. Dhammachakka Icons and OS Logos

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux.svg This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Attribution: [email protected] Larry Ewing and The GIMP

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_logo_dark_grey.svg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_logo_-_2012.svg

8. CSS Snippets

CSS class .form-switch
CSS class for spinner loader

9. AI generative tools

10. Be well and happy


Ciraṃ tiṭṭhatu saddhammo, dhamme hontu sagāravā.