Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification)
by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu | 1956 | 388,207 words | ISBN-10: 9552400236 | ISBN-13: 9789552400236
The English translation of the Visuddhimagga written by Buddhaghosa in the 5th Century. It contains the essence of the the teachings found in the Pali Tripitaka and represents, as a whole, an exhaustive meditation manual. The work consists of the three parts—1) Virtue (Sila), 2) Concentration (Samadhi) and 3) Understanding (Panna) covering twenty-t...
Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations for Texts Used:
All editions Pali Text Society unless otherwise stated.
| A | Aṅguttara Nikāya |
| A-a | Aṅguttara Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā = Manorathapurāṇī |
| Cp | Cariyāpiṭaka |
| Cp-a | Cariyāpiṭaka Aṭṭhakathā |
| Dhp | Dhammapada |
| Dhp-a | Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā |
| Dhs | Dhammasaṅgaṇī |
| Dhs-a | Dhammasaṅgaṇi Aṭṭhakathā = Atthasālinī |
| Dhs-ṭ | Dhammasaṅgaṇī Ṭīkā = Mūla Ṭīkā II |
| Dhātuk | Dhātukathā |
| D | Dīgha Nikāya |
| D-a | Dīgha Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā = Sumaṅgala-vilāsinī |
| It | Itivuttaka |
| J-a | Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā |
| Kv | Kathāvatthu |
| Mhv | Mahāvaṃsa |
| M | Majjhima Nikāya |
| M-a | Majjhima Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā = Papañca-sūdanī |
| Mil | Milindapañhā |
| Netti | Nettipakaraṇa |
| Nidd I | Mahā Niddesa |
| Nidd II | Cūḷa Niddesa (Siamese ed.) |
| Nikāya-s | Nikāyasaṃgrahaya |
| Paṭis | Paṭisambhidāmagga |
| Paṭis-a | Paṭisambhidāmagga Aṭṭhakathā = Saddhammappakāsinī (Sinhalese Hewavitarne ed.). |
| Paṭṭh I | Paṭṭhāna, Tika Paṭṭhāna |
| Paṭṭh II | Paṭṭhāna, Duka Paṭṭhāna (Se and Be.) |
| Peṭ | Peṭakopadesa |
| Pv | Petavatthu |
| S | Saṃyutta Nikāya |
| S-a | Saṃyutta Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā = Sāratthappakāsinī |
| Sn | Sutta-nipāta |
| Sn-a | Sutta-nipāta Aṭṭhakathā = Paramatthajotikā |
| Th | Thera-gāthā |
| Ud | Udāna |
| Vibh | Vibhaṅga |
| Vibh-a | Vibhaṅga Aṭṭhakathā = Sammohavinodanī |
| Vibh-ṭ | Vibhaṅga Ṭīkā = Mūla Ṭīkā II |
| Vv | Vimānavatthu |
| Vin I | Vinaya Piṭaka (3)—Mahāvagga |
| Vin II | Vinaya Piṭaka (4)—Cūḷavagga |
| Vin III | Vinaya Piṭaka (1)—Suttavibhaṅga 1 |
| Vin IV | Vinaya Piṭaka (2)—Suttavibhaṅga 2 |
| Vin V | Vinaya Piṭaka (5)—Parivāra |
| Vism | Visuddhimagga (PTS ed. [= Ee] and Harvard Oriental Series ed. [= Ae]) |
| Vism-mhṭ | Paramatthamañjūsā, Visuddhimagga Aṭṭhakathā = Mahā Ṭīkā (Chs. I to XVII Sinhalese Vidyodaya ed.; Chs. XVIII to XXIII Be ed.) |
Other Abbreviations:
| Ae | American Edition (= Harvard Oriental Series) |
| Be | Burmese Edition |
| Ce | Ceylonese Edition |
| CPD | Critical Pali Dictionary; Treckner |
| Ee | European Edition (= PTS) |
| EHBC | The Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon, E. W. Adikaram. |
| PED | Pali-English Dictionary |
| PLC | Pali Literature of Ceylon, Malalasekera. |
| PTS | Pali Text Society |
| Se | Siamese |
Numbers in square brackets in the text thus [25] refer to the page numbers of the Pali Text Society's edition of the Pali.
Paragraph numbers on the left correspond to the paragraph numbers of the Harvard edition of the Pali.
Chapter and section headings and other numberings have been inserted for clarity.