Abbreviations

Abbreviations in footnotes:

A. = Anguttara Nikāya
AA. = Anguttara Nikāya Commentary
AMg. = Ardha-Māgadhi
Ap. = Apadāna
AsP. = Aṣṭasāhasrika-prajñāpāramita (ed. R. Mitra)
Av. (Avś.) = Avadāna-śataka (ed. Speyer)
B.H.S.D. = Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary (F. Edgerton)
Bk. of Disc. = Book of the Discipline (Translation of the Vinaya-Piṭaka, by I. B. Horner)
B.R. = Böhtlingk and Roth: Sanskrit Wörterbuch
BSk. = Buddhist Sanskrit
Bu. (Budv.) = Buddhavaṃsa
BudvA. = Buddhavaṃsa Commentary
C.P.D. = Critical Pali Dictionary (D. Andersen and H. Smith)
Cpd. = Compendium of Philosophy (Translation of Abhidamma-attha-sangaha by S. Z. Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids)
D. = Dīgha-Nikāya
DA. = Dīgha Nikāya Commentary
Dbh. = Daśabhūmikasūtra (ed. Rahder)
Dh. = Dhammapada
DhA. = Dhammapada Commentary
Dhs. = Dhammasaṅgaṇi
Dhs. trsl. = Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics
DhsA. = Atthasālinī
Dhsg. = Dharmasaṅgraha (Anecdota Oxoniensia series)
Dial. = Dialogues of the Buddha (Translation of Dīgha Nikāya)
Divy. = Divyāvadāna (Ed. Cowell and Neill)
D.P.N. = Dictionary of Pali Proper Names (G. P. Malalasekera)
Dpvs. = Dīpavaṃsa
Further Dial. = Further Dialogues of the Buddha (Translation of Majjhima Nikāya)
G.S. = Gradual Sayings (Translation of Aṅguttara Nikāya)
Grad. Sayings = Gradual Sayings
Gv. = Gaṇḍavyūha (ed. Suzuki and Idzumi)
I.H.Q. = Indian Historical Quarterly
It. = Itivuttaka
J. = Jātaka (Ed. Fausböll, London: Trübner)
J.A.O.S. = Journal of the American Oriental Society
J.P.T.S. = Journal of Pali Text Society
J.R.A.S. = Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
KhA. = Khuddaka-Pāṭha Commentary
Khp. = Khuddakapāṭha
KhpA. = Commentary on Khp.
KS. (K.S.) = Kindred Sayings (Translation of Samyutta Nikaya)
Kvu. = Kathāvatthu
Lal. Vist. = Lalita Vistara (Lefmann)
L.V. = Lalita Vistara (ed. Lefmann)
M. = Majjhima-Nikāya
MA. = Majjhima-Nikāya Commentary
Mbh. = Mahābhārata
Mg. = Māgadhi
Mhvs. = Mahāvaṃsa
Mhvu. = Mahāvastu
Miln. = Milindapañha (Royal Asiatic Society)
Min. Anth. = Minor Anthologies of the PaU Canon
MIndic = Middle Indic
Mmk. = (Ārya-) Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (ed. Gaṇapari Śāstri)
MPS. = Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (ed. E. Waldschmidt)
M.S.V. = Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya (ed. N. Dutt.)
Mvyut. = Mahāvyutpatti
M.W. = Monier Williams: A Sanskrit English Dictionary
Nd. = Niddesa
Netti. = Netti-pakaraṇa
Pali Dict. = Pali-English Dictionary (T. W. Rhys Davids and W. Stede)
P.E.D. = Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
Pkt. = Prakrit
Pss. Sisters. = Psalms of the Sisters (Translation of Therīgāthā)
Pv. = Petavatthu
PvA. = Peta-Vatthu Commentary
R.V. = Ṛgveda
S. = Saṃyutta-Nikāya
SA. (S.A.) = Saṃyutta Nikāya Commentary
Sn. = Suttanipāta
Saddhp. = Saddharmapuṇḍarīka
Śat. Br. = Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa
S.B.E. = Sacred Books of the East
Śikṣ. = Śikṣā-samuccaya (ed. C. Bendall)
Sn. = Sutta-Nipāta
SnA. = Sutta-Nipāta Commentary
Suv. = Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra (ed. Noble)
Thag. = Theragāthā
ThagA. = Theragāthā Commentary
Thig. = Therīgāthā
ThigA. = Commentary on Therīgāthā
Ud. = Udāna
UdA. = Udāna Commentary
V. = Vinaya-Piṭaka
VA. = Commentary on V.
Vbh. = Vibhaṅga
Vism. = Visuddhi-magga
V.T. = Vinaya Texts (S.B.E.)
Vv. = Vimāna-vatthu
VvA. = Vimāna-vatthu Commentary

Note:—For particulars of the editions of these works see the preliminary pages of the Pali-English Dictionary, by T. W. Rhys Davids and W. Stede.

Note 2:—The Pali texts referred to are those published by the Pali Text Society.