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Dhamma.gift

About Dhamma.gift

Dhamma.gift aims to be a "Swiss Army Knife" for the Buddha Dhamma. It consolidates numerous resources—Pāḷī texts, translations, useful websites, Pāḷī learning materials, and a number of tools—into one website.

  • Sutta-Vinaya Search with advanced filtering, sorting and grouping.
  • Dhamma multi-tool — "Collection of Links" in one toolbar.
  • Reading Mode with numerous options and DPD integration.

Find out more about the key features here.

Dhamma.gift provides an amazing variety of DPD lookup options, including the ability to look up words in DictTango Android and Mdict IOS directly from the site.

Changing the dictionary mode

By default, the built-in lightweight dictionary will be turned on for search results and reader pages. To choose the dictionary style that suits your needs:

(1) Open Dhamma.gift Read.

(2) Click the gear icon ⚙️ (Settings).

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(3) Click the dropdown list "Dictionary on click" and select the desired option.

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(4) Click "Apply" to save the settings.

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Description of Dictionary Modes

  • DPD Built-in: A lightweight yet powerful built-in version of DPD that provides essential details: word meanings, compound breakdowns, and basic grammar information.
  • DPD Online: The full version of DPD dictionary, offering extensive grammatical details, root information, examples, and more, along with text input for further investigation, word lookup history, and settings.
  • DPD Online mini: A compact version of the full DPD dictionary that provides essential details.
  • DPD Built-in Rus: A lightweight Russian version of DPD.
  • DPD Online Rus: The full DPD dictionary including Russian translations and explanations.
  • DPD Online mini Rus: A compact version of the Russian DPD dictionary.
  • Search Only: This option allows you to initiate a search for the clicked word on Dhamma.gift.
  • DictTango Android: Directly opens the DictTango Android app, enabling instant lookup in any installed dictionaries, including DPD, without copying and pasting or using the context menu.
  • Mdict IOS: Same as above, but for Mdict iOS.

For more information and access to all features, visit Dhamma.gift.

The website is a work in progress, so please report any bugs or errors using the Dhamma.gift contacts.