Dictionary of Pali Proper Names
List of
Abbreviations:
P.T.S. = published by the
Pāli Text Society .
http://www.palitext.com
S.H.B. = published in the
Simon
Hewavitarne Bequest Series (Colombo).
A. =
Anguttara Nikaya , 5 vols.
(P.T.S. ).
AA. = Manorathapūranī, Anguttara Commentary, 2 vols. (S.H.B. ).
AbhS. = Abhidhammatthasangaha (P.T.S. Journal, 1884).
Anāgat. = Anāgatavamsa (P.T.S. Journal, 1886).
Ap. = Apadāna, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
ApA. = Apadāna Commentary (S.H.B. ).
AvS. = Avadāna Sataka, ed. Speyer (Bibl. Buddhica).
Barua : History of Pre-Buddhist Indian Philosophy
(Calcutta).
Beal = Romantic Legend of the Buddha (Kegan Paul).
Beal = Buddhist Records of the Western World (Kegan Paul).
Bode = The Pali Literature of Burma (R.A.S.).
Brethren = Psalms of the Brethren, by Mrs. Rhys Davids (P.T.S. ).
Bu. = Buddhavamsa (P.T.S. ).
BuA. = Buddhavamsa Commentary (S.H.B. ).
CAGI. = Cunningham's Anct. Geography of India, ed. Majumdar
(Calcutta).
CNid. = Culla-Niddesa (P.T.S. ).
Codrington = Short History of Ceylon.
Compendium = Compendium of Philosophy (P.T.S. ).
Cv. = Cūlavamsa, ed. Geiger, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Cv.Trs. = Cūlavamsa, translated by Geiger, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Cyp. = Cariyāpitaka (P.T.S. ).
CypA. = Cariyāpitaka Commentary (S.H.B. ).
D. = Digha Nikaya, 3 vols. (P.T.S. ).
DA. = Sumangala Vilāsinī, 3 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Dāth. = Dāthāvamsa (P.T.S. Journal, 1884).
DhA. = Dhammapadatthakathā, 5 vols. (P.T.S. ).
DhS. = Dhammasangani (P.T.S. ).
DhSA. = Atthasālinī (P.T.S. ).
Dial. = Dialogues of the Buddha, 3 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Dpv. = Dipavamsa, ed. Oldenberg (Williams and Norgate).
Dvy. = Divyāvadāna, ed. Cowell and Neill (Cambridge).
Ep. Zey. = Epigraphia Zeylanica (Oxford).
ERE. = Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics.
Giles = Travels of Fa Hsien (Cambridge).
GS. = Gradual Sayings, 5 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Gv. = Gandhavamsa (P.T.S. Journal, 1886).
I.H.Q. = Indian Historical Quarterly (Calcutta).
Ind. An. = Indian Antiquary.
Itv. = Itivuttaka (P.T.S. ).
ItvA. = Itivuttaka Commentary (P.T.S. ).
J. = Jātaka, ed. Fausboll, 5 vols.
JA. = Journal Asiatique.
J.P.T.S . = Journal of the Pali Text Society.
J.R.A.S. = Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.
KhpA. = Khuddakapātha Commentary (P.T.S. ).
KS. = Kindred Sayings, 5 vols. (P.T.S. ).
Kvu. = Kathāvatthu (P.T.S. ).
Lal. = Lalita Vistara, ed. S. Lefmann.
Law = Ksatriya Clans in Buddhist India.
Law = Geography of Early Buddhism.
M. = Majjhima Nikaya, 3 vols. (P.T.S. ).
MA. = Papañca Sūdanī, Majjhima Commentary, 2 vols. (Aluvihāa
Series, Colombo).
Mbv. = Mahābodhivamsa (P.T.S. ).
Mhv. = Mahāvamsa, ed. Geiger (P.T.S. ).
Mhv. Trs. = Mahāvamsa Translation, by Geiger (P.T.S. ).
Mil. = Milindapañha, ed. Trenckner (Williams and Norgate).
MNid. = Mahā Niddesa, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
MNidA. = Mahā Niddesa Commentary (S.H.B. ).
MT. = Mahāvamsa Tika (P.T.S. ).
Mtu. = Mahāvastu, ed. Senart, 3 vols.
Netti. = Nettippakarana (P.T.S. ).
NidA. = See MNidA.
NPD. = P.T.S. Pali-English Dictionary.
PHAI. = Political History of Anct. India, by Chaudhuri, 2nd.
ed. (Calcutta).
P.L.C. = The Pali Literature of Ceylon, by Malalasekera (R.A.S.).
PS. = Patisambhidāmagga, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
PSA. = Patisambhidāmagga Commentary (S.H.B. ).
Pug. = Puggalapaññatti (P.T.S. ).
Pv. = Petavatthu (P.T.S. ).
PvA. = Petavatthu Commentary (P.T.S. ).
Ras. = Rasavāhinī
Rockhill = Life of the Buddha (Kegan Paul).
S. = Samyutta Nikaya, 5 vols. (P.T.S. ).
SA. = Sāratthappakāsinī, Samyutta Commentary.
SadS. = Saddhammasangaha (P.T.S. Journal, 1890).
Sās. = Sāsanavamsa (P.T.S. ).
Sisters = Psalms of the Sisters, by Mrs. Rhys Davids (P.T.S. ).
Sp. = Samantapāsādikā, 4 vols. (P.T.B.).
Sn. = Sutta Nipata (P.T.S. ).
SnA. = Sutta Nipāta Commentary, 2 vols. (P.T.S.
)
Svd. = Sāsanavamsadipa, by Vimalasāra Thera (Colombo, 1929).
Thag. = Theragāthā (P.T.S. ).
ThagA. = Theragāthā Commentary, 2 vols. (S.H.B. ).
Thig. = Therigāthā (P.T.S. ).
ThigA = Therīgāhā Commentary (P.T.S. ).
Thomas = The Life of Buddha (Kegan Paul).
Ud. = Udāna (P.T.S. ).
UdA. = Udāna Commentary (P.T.S. ).
VibhA. = Sammoha-Vinodanī, Vibhanga Commentary (P.T.S. ).
Vin. = Vinaya Pitaka, 5 vols., ed. Oldenberg (Williams and Norgate).
Vsm. = Visuddhi magga, 2 vols. (P.T.S. ).
VT. = Vinaya Texts, trs. by Rhys Davids and Oldenberg, 3
vols. (Sacred Books of the East).
Vv. = Vimānavatthu (P.T.S. ).
VvA. = Vimānavatthu Commentary (P.T.S. ).
ZDMG. = Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Morgenländischen Gesellschaft.