Pali Proper Names

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

• P.T.S. means published by the Pāli Text Society.
• SHB. means 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. (Oxford).
• 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.B.).
• 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.B.).
• 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.).
• 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.