Fo Kuang Shan Chinese Buddhist Dictionary

Project representative(s): Ven. Hui Ray.
This is a CD-ROM version of the extensive Fo Kuang Shan Buddhist Dictionary, which was released in book format in 1988. This electronic dictionary includes 22,608 entries, with an impressive search engine. The presently available version needs Chinese Windows 95, but the wish list of the authors includes eventual availability on other platforms or at least beyond this specific version of Windows. At this stage, Sanskrit diacritics included in the dictionary are displayed following conventions proper to the Fo Kuang Shan dictionary's electronic text, and appear in the presented version without the actual diacritical marks.
Recent developments: The dictionary was presented at the 1997 Otani meeting, used in conjunction with the editing of a Big5 Buddhist text on-screen. An internet version of the dictionary is being planned.