Welcome to Pali.Sirimangalo.Org, home of the Digital Pali Reader.

The Digital Pali Reader (DPR) is a tool, much like a hard-copy language reader, facilitating study of the Pali language at an advanced level. Rather than offering a translation for the text being read, a reader usually includes a dictionary with all of the difficult words found in the reader. The DPR differs from an ordinary reader in several respects:

The DPR allows for instant lookup of words, simply by clicking on a word in the passage being read. This avoids time spent looking for the word in a hard-copy dictionary or in another place on one's computer.
The DPR has a built in search function similar to that of the CSCD. Whereas the CSCD allows for only global searches or searches of entire pitakas, the DPR provides Nikaya and Book searches as well.
The dictionary files in the DPR were not designed specifically for the purpose at hand, and of course word-to-definition matches are sometimes incorrect due to imperfect analysis.
The DPR includes several dictionaries: Pali-English, English-Pali, Pali proper names, and Concise Pali Dictionary. These dictionaries can be directly accessed from the control panel.
The DPR has several useful auxiliary utilities, including:
- bookmark and quote clipboard for keeping important passages
- A Pali conversion utility that converts to and from Velthius, Unicode, CSCD, and Thai scripts
- extensible transliteration of Pali script into other scripts; Thai is included, others are in the works
- Grammar texts and tools for brushing up on Pali grammar, as well as a Pali language quiz to test your vocabulary
- Random English quotes from Buddhavacana, by S. Dhammika

While the DPR is far from perfect, it is sure to be useful for intermediate Pali students who wish to advance their studies to a higher level.

NEW!!! The DPR is now available as a Chrome / Firefox extension. This integrated version will allow for easier installation and automatic updates as they become available. Note that all data is still stored off-line so you should consider this a far better option than the older stand-alone version. Download the Chrome or Firefox extension here:

Google Chrome DPR extension

Firefox DPR extension

The (older) DPR standalone is available for download from the Sourceforge project page at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/digitalpali/

Other resources on this site include: