IEB0000151195

Title: Encyclopaedia of Buddhism /

Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: edited by G.P. Malalasekera

[ Holdings: WC · NII ]

Place of publication, distribution, etc.: [Colombo] :

Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Govt. of Ceylon,

Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 1961-<2004>

Extent: v. <1, pts. 1-4; v. 2, pts. 1-4; v. 3, pts. 1-4; v. 4, pts. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pt. 2-4; v. 7, pt. 1-2 in 23> :

Other physical details: ill. (some col.), maps ;

Dimensions: 26 cm.

Accompanying material: + suppl. <v. 1>

General note: Vol. 3, pt. 4; v. 4, pts. 1-2: editor-in-chief, Jotiya Dhirasekera

General note: Vol. 4, pts. 3-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pts. <2-4>; v. 7, pt. 1: editor-in-chief, W.G. Weeraratne

General note: Vol. 3, pts. 3-4; v. 4, pts. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-4; v. 6, pts. <2-4> published by the Govt. of Sri Lanka

General note: Vol. 6, pts. <2-4>; v. 7, pts. 1-2 -: published by the Dept. of Buddhist Affairs, Ministry of Buddhasāsana

General note: 'The compilation of an Encyclopaedia of Buddhism in the English language was one of the several undertakings of the Laṅkā Buaddha Maṇḍalaya (Buddhist Council of Ceylon) ... in 1955 ... [It was] transferred to [the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in 1956].'

General note: Issued in parts

General note: Somes vols. have supplements

Formatted contents note: v. 1, fasc. 1. A--Acala -- fasc. 2. Acala--Ākaṅkheyya Sutta -- fasc. 3. Ākaṅkheyya Sutta--Anabhirati -- fasc. 4. Anabhisamaya Sutta--Aoki, Bunkyō -- v. 2, fasc. 1. Āpa--Asita Devala -- fasc. 2. Asita Devala--Atthaka Vagga -- fasc. 3. Atthahakula Sutta--Azuchi-Mondō -- fasc. 4. Ba--Bhārhut -- v. 3, fasc. 1. Bhārini-deva--Bodaishinron-kenmon -- fasc. 2. Bode--Budalaviṭṭhi -- fasc. 3. Buddha--Burlingame -- fasc. 4. Burma--Caura-vidhvaṃsana -- v. 4, fasc. 1. Causality--Cittavisuddhi -- fasc. 2. Cittaviśuddhipprakaraṇa--Democracy -- fasc. 3. Demonology--Dhammadhātu -- v. 5, fasc. 1. Earth--Extra-sensory perception -- fasc. 3. Good and evil--Hung-i -- fasc. 4. Hungi-i--Japan -- v. 6, fasc. 2. Kāśyapīya--Lobha -- fasc. 3. Lobha--Mahāvaṃsa -- fasc. 4. Mahāvaṃsa--Minayeff, J.P. -- v. 7, fasc. 1. Mind--Nyāyapravesa -- v. 7, fasc. 2. Odantapuri-Petavatthu, Vimānavatthu

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Buddhism

Form subdivision: Encyclopedias

Personal name: Malalasekera, G. P.

Dates associated with a name: 1899-1973

Fuller form of name: (Gunapala Piyasena),

Personal name: Dhirasekara, Jotiya

Personal name: Vīraratna, W. G.

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Buddhist Council of Ceylon

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Ceylon.

Subordinate unit: Ministry of Cultural Affairs

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Sri Lanka.

Subordinate unit: Bauddha Kaṭayutu Depārtamēntuva