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List of the Chief Books Consulted for Vocabulary
(with Abbreviations)
1. PALI BOOKS.
1a Canonical.
Anguttara-Nikaya 5 vols. P T S. 1885-1900 (A). Niddesa II Culla P T S. 1918 (Nd2).
Apadana P.T.S. 1925 (Ap). Patisambhidamagga 2 vols. P T S. 1905, 1907 (Ps).
Buddha-Vansa P T S. 1882 (Bu). Peta-Vatthu P T S. 1889 (Pv).
Cariya-Pitaka P T S. 1882 (Cp.). Puggala-Pannatti P T S. 1883 (Pug).
Dhammapada P T S. 1914 (Dh). Sanyutta-Nikaya 5 vols. P T S. 1884-1898 (S).
Dhamma-Sangani P T S. 1885 (Dhs). Sutta-Nipata P T S. 1913 (Sn).
Digha-Nikaya 3 vols. P T S. (D). Thera-therigatha P T S. 1883 (Th 1) &(Th 2).
Dukapatthana, P.T.S. 1906 (Dukp). Tikapatthana, 3 vols. P.T.S. 1921-23 (Tikp).
Iti-vuttaka P T S. 1890 (It.). Udana P T S. 1885 (Ud).
Katha-Vatthu 2 vols. P T S. 1894, 95 (Kvu). Vibhanga P T S. 1904 (Vbh).
Khuddaka-Patha P T S. 1915 (Kh). Vimana-Vatthu P T S. 1886 (Vv).
Majjhima-Nikaya 3 vols. P T S. 1887-1902 (M). Vinaya-Pitaka 5 vols. London 1879-83 (Vin).
Niddesa I Maha 2 vols. P T S. 1916, 17 (Nd1).  

1b Post-Canonical.
Atthasalini, P T S. 1897 (DhsA). Netti-Pakarana, P T S. 1902 (Nett).
Buddhadatta's Manuals, P T S. 1915 (Bdhd). Panca-gati-dipana, J P T S. 1884 (Pgdp).
Dathavansa, J P T S. 1884 (Davs). Peta-Vatthu Commentary, P T S. 1894 (PvA).
Dhammapada Commentary, 4 vols. P T S. 1906-14 (DhA). Puggala-Pannatti Commentary, J P T S. 1914 (Pug A).
Dipavansa, London 1879 (Dpvs). Saddhammopayana, J P T S. 1887 (Sdhp).
Jataka, 6 vols. London 1877-96 (J). Sumangala-Vilasini, vol. I, P T S. 1886 (DA I).
Khuddaka-Patha Commentary, P T S. 1915 (KhA). Manoratha-purani P.T.S. 1924 (AA);
Khuddhasikkha, J.T.P.S. 1883 (Khus). Papanca Sudani, pt. I, P.T.S. 1922 (MA).
Mahavansa, P T S. 1908 (Mhvs). Samanta-pasadikaP.T.S. 1924 (Sam. Pas. or Vin A).
Sutta-Nipata Commentary, 2 vols. P T S. 1916-17 (SnA). Sammoha-Vinodani, P.T.S. 1923 (VbhA).
Therigatha Commentary, P T S. 1891 (ThA). Vimana-Vatthu Commentary, P T S. 1901 (VvA).
Maha-Bodhi-Vansa, P T S. 1891 (Mhbv). Visuddhi-Magga, 2 vols. P T S. 1920-21 (Vism).
Milindapanha, London 1880 (Miln). Yogavacara's Manual, P.T.S. 1896 (Yog).
Mulasikkha, J.P.T.S. 1883 (Muls).  

Note. The system adopted in quotations of passages from Pali text is that proposed in J P T S. 1909, pp. 385-87, with this modification that Peta-vatthu (Pv) is quoted by canto and verse, and Culla-Niddesa (Nd2) by number of word in "Explanatory Matter".
2. BUDDHIST SANSKRIT.
Avadana-sataka, ed. J. S. Speyer (Bibl. Buddhica III), 2 vols., St. Petersbourg 1906. (Av. s.).
Divyavadana, ed. Cowell & Neil, Cambridge 1886. (Divy).
Jataka-mala, ed. H. Kern (Harvard Or. Ser. I), Boston 1891. (Jtm).
Lalita-vistara, ed. S. Lefmann, I. Halle 1902. (Lal. V.).
Maha-vastu, ed. E. Senart, 3 vols., Paris 1882-1897. (Mvst).
Siksa-samuccaya. Ed. C. Bendall, St. Petersburg, 1902 (siks).
The ed. of Lalitavistara which I have used, and from which I quote, is the Calcutta ed. (1877), by Rajendralala Mitra (Bibl. Indica), and not Lefmann's.
3. TRANSLATIONS.
Buddh. Manual of Psychological Ethics (trsl. of the Dhamma-sangani) by Mrs. Rhys Davids (R. As. Soc. Trsl. Fund XII), London 1900. (Dhs trsl.).
Compendium of Philosophy (trsl. of the Abhidhamm' attha-sangaha) by S. Z. Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids, P T S. Trsl. 1910. (Cpd.).
Dialogues of the Buddha, trsl. by T. W. and C. A. F. Rhys Davids, London I. 1899; II. 1910; III. 1921. (Dial.).
Expositor (trsl. of the Attha-salini), by Maung Tin, P T S. Trsl. 1920, 21.
Kathavatthu trsl. ("Points of Controversy), by Aung and Mrs. Rhys Davids, P T S. Trsl. 1915. (Kvu trsl.).
Kindred Sayings (Sanyutta Nikaya I), by Mrs. Rhys Davids, P T S. Trsl. 1917. (K S.).
Mahavansa trsl. by W. Geiger, P T S. Trsl. 1912.
Manual of a Mystic (Yogavacara), trs. by F. L. Woodward, P T S. Trsl. 1916. (Mystic).
Neumann, K. E., Lieder der Monche und Nonnen, Berlin 1899.
Psalms of the Brethren (trsl. Mrs. Rhys Davids), P T S. Trsl. 1913.
Psalms of the Sisters (trsl. Mrs. Rhys Davids), P T S. Trsl. 1909.
Questions of Milinda (trsl. T. W. Rhys Davids), S B E. vols. 35, 36. (Miln).
Vinaya Texts (trsl. Rhys Davids & Oldenberg), S B E. vols. 13, 17, 20. (Vin T.).
Neumann, Die Reden Gotamo Buddha's (Mittlere Sammlung), Vols. I to III 2 1921.
Human Types, P.T.S. trsl. 1924 (Pug trsl.) and insert accordingly on p. xi under B 1.
Path of Purity, P.T.S. trsl. 1923, 1st pt. (Vism. Trsl.).
4. GRAMMATICAL & OTHER LITERATURE; PERIODICALS, ETC.
Abhidhanappadipika, ed. W. Subhuti, Colombo1 1883. (Abhp.).
Andersen, D., A Pali Reader, 2 pts; Copenhagen 1901, 1907.
Aufrecht, Th., Halayudha's Abhidhana-ratna-mala, London 1861.
Brugmann, K., Kurze vergleichende Grammatik der indogerm. Sprachen, Strassburg 1902.
Childers, R. C., A Dictionary of the Pali Language, London 1874.
Brahmana (Br.).
Dhatupatha & Dhatumanjusa, ed. Andersen & Smith, Copenhagen 1921 (Dhtp, Dhtm).
Satapatha-Brahmana (trsl. J. Eggeling) (Sat. Br.) SBE vols.
Geiger, W., Pali Literatur und Sprache, Strassburg 1916. (Geiger, P. Gr.).
Grassmann, W., Worterbuch zum Rig Veda, Leipzig 1873.
Journal of the American Oriental Society (J A O S.).
Journal Asiatique, Paris (J.As.)
Journal of the Pali Text Society (J P T S.).
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London (J R A S.).
Kaccayana-ppakarana, ed. & trsl. Senart (J. As. 1871) (Kacc).
Kern, H., Toevoegselen op 't Woordenboek van Childers; 2 pts (Verhandelingen Kon. Ak. van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam N. R. XVI, 5), Amsterdam 1916. (Toev.).
Kuhn's Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschung (K Z.).
Mahavyutpatti, ed. Mironow (Bibl. Buddhica XIII) St. Petersbourg 1910, 11. (Mvyut).
Muller, Ed., Simplified Grammar of the Pali Language, London 1884.
Trenckner, V., Notes on the Milindapanho, in J P T S. 1908, 102 sq.
Uhlenbeck, H., Kurzgefasstes Etym. Worterbuch d. Altindischen Sprache, Amsterdam 1898.
Walde, A., Lateinisches Etymologisches Worterbuch, Heidelberg2 1910.
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig 1847 sq. (Z D M S.).
Kirfel, W. Kosmographie der Inder, Bonn & Leipzig 1920.

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