1) Introduction & Abbreviation & Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Thousands of entries covering the people, places, animals, books, etc of the Pāli Canon.

Published in 1937 by The Government of India.

Most of the entries have been taken from the "Dictionary of Pali Names" by G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from "The Pali Text Society, London".  

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.

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