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Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon

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Search and read the Pāli Canon: Pāli root texts with Russian and English translations.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to api.dhamma.gift. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http dhamma-gift-p-li-canon https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • search — Search the Pali Canon on dhamma.gift by keyword/substring or REGEX (min 3 letters, no semantic search). Patterns like "kata.*dukkha", "vucc.
  • get_text — Fetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali text (Mahāsaṅgīti) of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for tra
  • compare_editions — Compare the Pali Canon's editions line by line: the Mahāsaṅgīti beside Buddha Jayanti (Sri Lanka), Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Myanmar), Siam Rath (T
  • compare_translations — One segment of the canon in the Pali root and every available translation side by side. Use a segment id from search/get_text, e.g. "mn129:2
  • list_structure — What texts exist. Without arguments: collections (sutta/vinaya/abhidhamma/khuddaka), books by id prefix with sutta counts, and translation l

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