Abbreviations
| AN | Aṅguttara Nikāya |
| BBS | Burmese-script Buddhasāsana Samiti edition of the Majjhima Nikāya |
| BPS | Buddhist Publication Society of Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| CPD | Critical Pali Dictionary |
| Cv | Cūḷavagga (Vinaya Piṭaka) |
| Dhp | Dhammapada |
| DN | Dīgha Nikāya |
| Jat | Jātaka |
| Kh | Khandhaka (Vinaya Piṭaka) |
| MA | Majjhima Nikāya Aṭṭhakathā |
| Miln | Milindapañha |
| MLS | Middle Length Sayings (PTS, Horner) |
| MN | Majjhima Nikāya |
| Ms | Ven. Ñāṇamoli’s manuscript translation of the Majjhima Nikāya |
| Ṃ | Majjhima Nikāya Ṭīkā |
| Mv | Mahāvagga (Vinaya Piṭaka) |
| Ñm | Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli |
| Pāc | Pācittiya |
| Peṭ | Peṭakopadesa |
| 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 | Suttanipāta |
| Thag | Theragāthā |
| Ud | Udāna |
| Vibh | Vibhaṅga |
| Vin | Vinaya |
| Vism | Visuddhimagga Note: 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 Aṅguttara 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. References to the Visuddhimagga are to chapter and section number of Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli’s translation, The Path of Purification. All references to the Majjhima Nikāya are to the sutta and section number of the present work. |