List of Abbreviations

AN Anguttara Nikāya

BBS Burmese-script Buddhasāsana Samiti edition of the Majjhima Nikāya

BPS Buddhist Publication Society of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Cv Cūlavagga (Vinaya Piṭaka)

Dhp Dhammapada

DN Dīgha Nikāya

Jāt Jātaka

Kh Khandhaka (Vinaya Piṭaka)

MA Majjhima Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā

Miln Milindapañha

MLS Middle Length Sayings (see Bibliography, Horner)

MN Majjhima Nikāya

Ms Ven. Nāṇamoli's manuscript translation of the Majjhima Nikāya

MT Majjhima Nikāya Ṭ̄̄ā

Mv Mahāvagga (Vinaya Piṭaka)

$\bar{N} m$ Bhikkhu $\bar{N} a ̄ n a m o l i$

Pāc Pācittiya

Pār Pārājika

PED Pali-English Dictionary (Pali Text Society)

PTS Pali Text Society

Pṭs Paṭisambhidāmagga

Pug Puggalapaññatti

SBJ Sinhala-script Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series edition of the Majjhima Nikāya

SN Saṁyutta Nikāya

Sn Sutta Nipāta

Thag Theragāthā | Ud | Udāna |

| :-- | :-- |

| Vbh | Vibhanga |

| Vin | Vinaya Piṭaka |

| Vsm | Visuddhimagga |

In the case of references containing two figures separated by a slash, the figure to the right of the slash is the volume and page number of the PTS edition of the Pali text. Of the figures to the left of the slash, references to the Saṁyutta Nikāya and the Udāna indicate chapter and sutta number; those to the Anguttara Nikāya indicate division and sutta number; those to the Dīgha Nikāya indicate the sutta, section, and verse number assigned in Maurice Walshe's translation, Thus Have I Heard (see Bibliography). References to the Visuddhimagga are to chapter and section number of Bhikkhu Ñānamoli's translation, The Path of Purification. All references to the Majjhima Nikāya are to the sutta and section number of the present work.