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Requirements Install pyglossary  pip3 install pyglossary Install Kindle Previewer Download  Kindle Previewer (At the time of writing, Kindle Previewer version 3.88.0 ( Windows ).) Step 1: Convert Dictionary Data to .mobi Format with Pyglossary Pyglossary will generate a folder (e.g.,  mydict.mobi ) instead of a .mobi file. Within this folder, navigate to the  OEBPS  directory, where you'll find the  content.opf  file. Step 2: Preview the  content.opf  File in Kindle Previewer Open Kindle Previewer and go to  File > Open Book  (or press  Ctrl + O ). Select the  content.opf  file you found in Step 1. Note:  The preview may take some time to process, depending on the size of your dictionary. Tip:  To speed up the preview, you can duplicate the  content.opf  file (e.g.,  content_min.opf ) and remove most  .xhtml  files from the  manifest  and  spine  sections, leav...

The Next Generation GoldenDict - A feature-rich open-source dictionary lookup program, supporting multiple dictionary formats and online dictionaries. Read more on its source code repository:  https://github.com/xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng Installation https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/install/ Download latest releases https://github.com/xiaoyifang/goldendict-ng/releases Digital Pali Dictionary (dictionary data) https://github.com/digitalpalidictionary/digitalpalidictionary/releases

Both the Critical Pali Dictionary and A Dictionary of Pali have been digitized and can now be accessed and use free of charge via the below links: Read more here:  https://palitextsociety.org/pali-studies/pali-dictionaries/   Critical Pali Dictionary A Dictionary of Pāli - Margaret Cone The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary - T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede Also other ancient South Asian languages:  gandhari.org .

Claude 3 Sonnet (free):  Claude B You are a professional Pali English translator Very well, I will act as a professional Pali-English translator. Pali is the canonical language of Theravada Buddhism, used to preserve the Buddha's teachings in texts like the Tipitaka. Please provide me with the Pali text you need translated and I will do my best to render an accurate English translation while preserving the nuances and spirit of the original.

Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw - Dhamma Talks This is a collection of Dhamma talks by the most venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw, consisting of 1,948 MP3 files. This collection should include most of the Sayadaw’s published talks. It has 163 files/talks in English, while the rest are in the Myanmar language (Burmese). - To download this entire collection of 1,948 MP3 files in a ZIP file (~ 17.2 GB), you can use this link: https://archive.org/details/pa-auk-tawya-sayadaw-dhamma-talks - PDF file list of the talks: https://archive.org/download/pas-audio-file-list/paauk-tawya-sayadaw-dhamma-talks.pdf 163 files/talks in English - Download link for the 163 talks/files in English: https://archive.org/details/pa-auk-tawya-sayadaw-english-dhamma-talks To get HTML code to embed the player into your website (similar to the below player): please read https://archive.org/help/audio.php?identifier=pa-auk-tawya-sayadaw-dhamma-talks 

A Youtube video screenshot A Kaccāyana Pāli Grammar class by Ven Janakābhivaṃsa Youtube playlist (English)  [from 28 Oct 2022] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3No3Acmeuj1vs683j5qn0TzJClSP8D5i  

Quick Guide: Maintain Playlist Order on Mini Audio Players 1. Issues The player may not follow the order of your audio file names all the time, but it will follow the order in which your audio files are written to the SD Card. 2. Solution Remember, the key is the order in which files are written to the microSD card or USB. To maintain the playlist order on mini audio players, follow these simple steps: 1. Format your microSD card using FAT32. 2. (This step is optional) Create a folder named "AAAA" on the microSD card.  3. Backup your original audio files and use a bulk rename tool to prepend a 4-digit number (starting with 1111) to the file names. 4. Sort the renamed files by name in ascending order. 5. For Windows OS, Click the first file to select it , <= this step is important , then press Ctrl + A , Ctrl + C , and Ctrl + V to copy and paste the files into the "AAAA" folder on the microSD card. Tip : on Linux OS,  you may try using a twin panel file managemen...

Need to note down here before I forget. Updated May 2024: new PTS website  1. The Pali Metre by A.K. Warder (1967)  https://palitextsociety.org/product/pali-metre/ 2. A revised edition of the Saṃyutta-nikāya, Volume IV, which includes variant readings found in other printed editions of the text.  (Electronic revised edition 2014) find it in   https://palitextsociety.org/corrections-and-additions/ You can also find others from this official PTS web page:  https://palitextsociety.org/corrections-and-additions/ (Updated May 2024: this link is now invalid  http://www.palitext.com/subpages/corrections.htm )

Introduction A screenshot of a streamed YouTube video Update as of April 21, 2024: You can now conveniently download all lessons from  https://archive.org/details/khuddasikkha-syd-kundadhana This is an online Vinaya class organised by a Vietnamese group. The class is currently conducting weekly via Zoom. At the time of this writing, the invited teacher venerable sayadaw U Kuṇdadhāna is currently explaining Khuddasikkhā text. Each lesson normally last for about 1 hour 30 minutes, 1 hour for explaining Khuddasikkhā text (with Power Point presentation) and 30 minutes for question and answer session. The video lectures are  bilingual in English and Vietnamese (translation) . So you will have about 45 minutes only for each video lesson if you don't understand both of the languages. However, in the audio podcast playlist, there are monolingual English files, monolingual Vietnamese files, or both, you can choose to listen. Resource links 1. Khuddasikkhā-mūlasikkhā text in Roman...