metadata
license: cc0-1.0
language:
- pi
- my
tags:
- pali
- myanmar
- tipitaka
- buddhism
- lexicon
- nlp
- burmese
- ocr
pretty_name: Pali Words in Myanmar Script (Master List)
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
Pali Words in Myanmar Script (Master Index)
This dataset is a master index of 220,252 unique Pali words written in Myanmar (Burmese) Unicode script, intended for reuse across linguistic, religious, and computational workflows.
Dataset Description
- Creator: freococo
- Source: Tipitaka Pali–Burmese Dictionary data extracted from the open-source repositories maintained by pndaza
- Total Entries: 220,252 unique words
- Format: JSONL (JSON Lines)
- License: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)
Data Fields
Each record contains:
word_id: A stable, sequential integer identifier.pali_word: A Pali lexical item rendered in Myanmar Unicode script.
Data Processing Methodology
The dataset was constructed using the following steps:
- Lexical Extraction: Isolating Pali headwords from raw dictionary HTML.
- Deduplication: Removing repeated headwords appearing across multiple dictionary volumes.
- Script Normalization: Fixing Myanmar-script artifacts, including erroneous leading tone marks (e.g., incorrect leading
့). - Alphabetical Sorting: Ordering entries according to Myanmar/Pali lexicographic conventions.
- Index Stabilization: Assigning persistent identifiers (
word_id) to support future linked datasets.
Intended Use Cases
- Buddhist Digital Studies: Lexical indexing and vocabulary analysis of Tipitaka texts.
- Natural Language Processing: Tokenizer training, normalization, spell-checking, and lexicon-based language models.
- OCR Post-Processing: Dictionary-based correction, validation, and normalization of OCR outputs from scanned Pali–Myanmar texts.
- Digital Humanities: Construction of interoperable dictionaries and language tools.
License
This dataset is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication), permitting unrestricted use, modification, and redistribution.