| I. Primary Texts | |
|---|---|
| AN | Aṅguttara Nikāya |
| Be | Burmese-script ed. of AN (Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka 4.0 electronic version) |
| Ee | Roman-script ed. of AN (Pali Text Society ed.) |
| Ce | Sinhala-script ed. of AN (Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series, printed ed.) |
| Mp | Manorathapūraṇī (Aṅguttara Nikāya-aṭṭhakathā) |
| Mp-ṭ | Manorathapūraṇī-ṭīkā |
| II. Other Pāli Texts | |
| References References to Pāli texts, unless specified otherwise, are to volume and page number of the PTS edition, with relevant line numbers in reduced type. References to DN and MN usually give first the sutta and section number in LDB and MLDB, respectively, followed by the source from the PTS edition. References to individual words or phrases, however, usually give only the source from the PTS edition. References to SN give first the sutta number in CDB followed by the volume and page number of the PTS edition; those to Udāna and Itivuttaka give the sutta number followed by the page number of the PTS edition. Page references to Vism are to the PTS edition, followed by the chapter and paragraph number in Ppn (see below). | |
| Ap | Apadāna |
| As | Atthasālinī (Dhammasaṅgaṇī-aṭṭhakathā) |
| Dhp | Dhammapada |
| Dhs | Dhammasaṅgaṇī |
| DN | Dīgha Nikāya |
| It | Itivuttaka |
| It-a | Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā |
| Mil | Milindapañha |
| MN | Majjhima Nikāya |
| Nett | Nettippakaraṇa |
| Nidd I | Mahāniddesa |
| Nidd II | Cūḷaniddesa |
| Paṭis | Paṭisambhidāmagga |
| Paṭis-a | Paṭisambhidāmagga-aṭṭhakathā |
| Pp | Puggalapaññatti |
| Pp-a | Puggalapaññatti-aṭṭhakathā |
| Ps | Papañcasūdanī (Majjhima Nikāya-aṭṭhakathā) |
| SN | Saṃyutta Nikāya |
| Sn | Suttanipāta |
| III. Works in Chinese | |
| DĀ | Dīrghāgama ( ) |
| EĀ | Ekottarikāgama ( ) |
| MĀ | Madhyamāgama ( ) |
| SĀ | Saṃyuktāgama ( ) |
| SĀ2 | Saṃyuktāgama (another translation; incomplete) ( ) |
| T | Taisho edition
All references are to the Taisho edition transcribed in the CBETA Chinese Electronic Tripiṭaka Collection. |
| IV. Abbreviations of Other Works | |
| CDB | The Connected Discourses of the Buddha (translation of SN; see Bodhi 2000) |
| CMA | A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (see Bodhi 1993) |
| LDB | The Long Discourses of the Buddha (translation of DN; see Walshe 1995) |
| MLDB | The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (translation of MN; see Ñāṇamoli 1995) |
| Ppn | The Path of Purification (translation of Vism; see Ñāṇamoli 1956) |
| V. Reference Works | |
| (See under editor’s name in Bibliography) | |
| BHSD | Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary (see Edgerton 1953) |
| DOP | A Dictionary of Pāli, Part I (see Cone 2001) |
| DPPN | Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names (see Malalasekera 1937–38) |
| SED | Sanskrit-English Dictionary (see Monier-Williams 1899) |
| PED | Pāli-English Dictionary (see Rhys Davids and Stede 1921–25) |
| VI. Other Abbreviations | |
| BHS | Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit |
| PTS | Pali Text Society |
| Skt | Sanskrit |
| VRI | Vipassana Research Institute (Igatpuri, India) |
| n., nn. | note, notes |
| p., pp. | page, pages |
| * | before title: title is hypothetical reconstruction; before word: word not listed in dictionary |
| In the introduction and notes, textual references in bold are to suttas within this translation (e.g., 6:10). | |
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