dhamma-seeker/tripitaka-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that provides access to the complete Pāli Tipiṭaka, about 444,000 segments matching SuttaCentral coverage. It supports hybrid search, full-sutta retrieval with cross-references, segment-aligned translation comparisons, and Pāli word lookup.

Best for

Best for
Buddhist scholars and developers building tools for Pāli canon study or comparative translation work.

Use cases

• Search the Pāli canon with hybrid keyword and semantic queries
• Retrieve a full sutta with its cross-references and parallel translations
• Look up Pāli words and compare translations side-by-side at the segment level

How to use

Install

pip install -r requirements.txt

Tools exposed

• sentence-transformers
• tripitaka-local
• tripitaka-remote
• tripitaka-remote-sse
• search_hybrid
• search_by_keyword
• survey_corpus
• search_semantic
• get_sutta
• open_sutta_viewer
• get_reference
• compare_translations
• list_structure
• list_editions
• get_word_definition
• parse_pali_word

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code

Notes

An MCP server that provides access to the complete Pāli Tipiṭaka, about 444,000 segments matching SuttaCentral coverage. It supports hybrid search, full-sutta retrieval with cross-references, segment-aligned translation comparisons, and Pāli word lookup.

1 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-27.

Use cases

• Search the Pāli canon with hybrid keyword and semantic queries
• Retrieve a full sutta with its cross-references and parallel translations
• Look up Pāli words and compare translations side-by-side at the segment level

Pros

• Covers all three baskets (Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma) in one server
• Offered free as Dhamma Dāna so no cost to use
• Enables translation comparison without manual text alignment

Cons

• Very new project with only one star and limited community validation
• Requires an MCP host to function, adds dependency
• Search quality depends on embedding model built into the service

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