Key Features of Dhamma.gift
What initiatives make up Dhamma.gift?
Dhamma.Gift
"Swiss Army Knife" or A One-stop Dhamma Portal
Dhamma.gift was created with the idea of consolidating and aggregating top Dhamma and Pali-related online resources, such as Pali texts, important websites, dictionaries, ebooks, and tools.
You can find them in the Collection of Links in the Toolbar under the search input. Feel free to suggest any missing resources.
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Find.Dhamma.Gift
Sutta-Vinaya Search
Designed for those attempting to systematize information from Pali Suttas and Vinaya. It provides search results in convenient tables, available for both basic and advanced filtering, various sorting options and grouping by matched texts and word variations for deep researches.
Search results offer direct access to canonical texts, with line-by-line Pali and English (and Russian) translations. Includes various external links such as DigitalPaliReader.online, TheBuddhasWords.net, SuttaCentral.net, Theravada.ru and Theravada.su.
Example search for "turtle" (kacchapa) in Four Main Nikayas: https://find.dhamma.gift/?q=kacchap
Dhamma.Gift Read
Read Pali texts with "line-by-line" translation and a popup dictionary
For English speakers:
- Offers a quick and straightforward interface for reading.
- The only site offering such a wide variety of Digital Pali Dictionary (DPD) lookup options for Pali. And even ability to use any other dictionary within mobile application DictTango.
- Full-scale click-to-lookup DPD online, with all the information available on dpdict.net.
- Compact version of DPD online.
- Lightweight built-in DPD version, similar to those on TBW and SC.
- Exclusive direct lookup in the DictTango Android app.
- Extra mode: launch dhamma.gift search instantly by double-clicking a word.
- Unique reading modes for Pali: "No punctuation," "For memorization," and "Study Non-Latin script helper" for Devanagari or Thai.
- Hotkeys for navigation and settings.
Open Table of Content https://dhamma.gift/read.php
For Russian speakers:
- The only website offering such a large volume of "line-by-line" Pali-Russian texts.
- Includes AN, DN, MN, SN, and KN (Snp, Ud, Iti, Dhp, Thag, Thig), along with partially Vinaya Vibhaṅga.
- Multilanguage mode: Pali - Russian - English.
- The only site with a built-in Pali-Russian DPD Online On-click Lookup.
Example: SN 1.1 https://dhamma.gift/ru/sn1.1
Dict.Dhamma.Gift
DPD Online with an improved interface for mobile users
Version of DPD Online with navigation and interface optimized for smartphones and tablets.
Open dictionary website
Dhamma.Gift Browser Extensions and WebApps
Browser extensions and Telegram Mini Apps
- Install Browser Extensions for Chrome and Edge or Tampermonkey Script to add Dictionary and Instant Search features from Dhamma.gift to any website:
- Basic Telegram Bot Dhammagift_bot and its Mini Apps for instant access to dhamma.gift within Telegram, Telegram Desktop or Telegram Web:
General Principles and Features
- Developed and optimized for smartphones and tablets, while also working seamlessly on desktop browsers.
- The popup dictionary plugin can be integrated into any website. Description here.
- Actively developed, with feedback welcomed.
- Privacy is a priority: no user data is collected, all settings are stored in the browser.
- Can be installed and run locally on Android, Windows or Mac for Offline usage.
