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.