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It is understood that this tool is not of much use as it stands. It is being placed on the site with the idea that it is a work likely to take as much as two to three years to complete. There is every likelihood that it will not be completed by me (dukkha happens). So in order for the material that is completed to be available to future generations while not imposing the stress of a deadline to complete it on myself, it is being put up in its most advanced state and will be updated frequently, but is not being presented as a finished or even very useful work. The source images for the four Nikāyas are located here (the images for DN 1 have been read but only partially proofed. They are incorporated below (commented out).) The order of inclusion is: DB (I, II, III) (1,2,3), MS (I, II, III) (1,2,3), KS (1,2,3), GS (1,2,3); 1. proofing (A (2), B, C)(B (2); 2. links to the Sutta Index; 3. links to the PTS pages. Or maybe not.
—p.p.
This is a simple book-style search tool which can be used to find suttas dealing with a large variety of subjects relating to the Buddha's teaching. It is based on the PTS sutta translation indexes and points to the Sutta Index of this site for most translations, and to the page(s) where the subject can be found for the PTS translations. In both cases the reader is expected to have to do a little reading to find the exact thing he seeks.
A book-style index was decided upon over that of a computer-style search tool (e.g., Google) as a consequence of the observation that most people cannot find what they are looking for unless they know the exact wording which will bring them there. Here the user is expected to browse the content of the index to find wording likely to bring him to what he seeks.
For a dictionary of Pāḷi terms see this site's version of the Pāḷi Text Society's Pāḷi-English Dictionary. The full 2-volume edition of the Dictionary of Pāḷi Proper Names [DPPN] is available in ![[DPPN]](../../resources/images/pdf.gif "[DPPN]"){kind=small}
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Adhvaryu Brahmans, DN 13 (PTS pg 303.)
Agātasattu, son of a Videha princess, king of Magadha in the Buddha's time, DN 1, DN 2 (PTS pg 56, 64-68, 94, 95.)
Agita, of the garment of hair, his doctrine, DN 2 (PTS pg 73.)
Agīvakas, DN 2, DN 8 (PTS pg 71, 219, 220, 227, 232.)
Agni,sacrifices to, one of the low arts, DN 1 (PTS pg 17;)
Aim of the Buddhist recluses, DN 2, DN 6 (PTS pg 63, 64, 202.)
Aitareya -Āraṇyaka, DN 5 (PTS pg 171.)
Alwis, James d', DN 11 (PTS pg 283.)
Ambalaṭṭhikā, garden and rest-house in Magadha, DN 1 (PTS pg 2;)
another, DN 5 (PTS pg 173.)
in Anurādhapura, DN 1 (PTS pg 2.)
charm, DN 3 (PTS pg 118.)
Angaka, DN 4 Soṇadaṇda's nephew, (PTS pg 155.)
Animals, DN 2 kindness to, (PTS pg 57.)
Arahat, used of the Buddha, DN 1 (PTS pg 2;)
laymen Arahats, DN 2 (PTS pg 63.)
is the real Brahman, DN 3, DN 4 (PTS pg 105, 138;)
expressions used by Buddhists of the Arahat the same as those used by the priests of God, DN 11 (PTS pg 274.)
Arahatship, the highest aim, DN 2, DN 6, DN 8 (PTS pg 94, 192, 237;)
the Dialogues lead up to, DN 6, DN 8 (PTS pg 186, 206;)
is emancipation, DN 6, DN 8 (PTS pg 201, 232;)
is the positive side of Buddhism, DN 9 (PTS pg 243;)
intellect of, DN 11 (PTS pg 283.)
Arithmetic, DN 1, DN 2 (PTS pg 21, 22, 69.)
Asceticism, DN 8 (PTS pg 206-240.)
his Edicts, DN 1, DN 2, DN 6 (PTS pg xviii, 7, 71, 191 ;)
his battle against the priests, DN 12 (PTS pg 285.)
Āsramas, four supposed stages in the life of a Brahman, DN 8 (PTS pg 212-219.)
Astral body, Yoga idea of, DN 8 (PTS pg 62.)
Astronomy and astrology, DN 1 (PTS pg 30.)
Atharva Veda quoted, DN 1, DN 9 (PTS pg 17, 19, 23, 25, 247;)
not acknowledged as a Veda in the old texts, DN 3 (PTS pg 109,)
but in the Milinda, DN 3 (PTS pg 110.)
Athletic exercises, DN 1 (PTS pg 9, 13.)
Aviruddhakā, religieux in the Buddha's time, DN 8 (PTS pg 220, 222.)
Avyākatāni, the Ten, DN 6 (PTS pg 186-188)
Bāhiva, story of, DN 11 (PTS pg 274.)
Bahvrika Brahmans, DN 13 (PTS pg 303.)
Ballads, in prose and verse, DN 1 (PTS pg 8.)
Barth, M., DN 12 (PTS pg 287.)
Bassendine, Matthew, DN 4 (PTS pg 137.)
Baṭuwan Tuḍāwa, pandit, DN 11 (PTS pg 283.)
Bharhut Tope, bas-reliefs at, DN 3 DN 5 (PTS pg 130, 169.)
Bhartṛīhari, as member of the Buddhist Order, DN 9 (PTS pg 256.)
was a Buddhist, DN 12 (PTS pg 290.)
Bimbisāra, king of Magadha, gives a grant to a Brahman, DN 4 (PTS pg 144;)
is a follower of the Buddha DN 4 (PTS pg 147.)
Body and mind, DN 2 (PTS pg 86, 87.)
Bonds, the Five, DN 6 (PTS pg 200, 201.)
Brahmā, the supreme God, description of, DN 1 DN 11 (PTS pg 31, 281.)
origin of the belief in, DN 1 (PTS pg 32;)
his ignorance, DN 11 (PTS pg 282;)
union with, DN 13 (PTS pg 301-318;)
B. and the Bhikkhu, DN 13 (PTS pg 319.)
Brahmadatta, pupil of Suppiya, DN 1 (PTS pg 1, 2.)
Brahman, unknown in the Nikāyas, DN 13 (PTS pg 298.)
Brahmanism, how it was destroyed, DN 4 DN 5 (PTS pg 142, 165.)
Brahmans: caste claims of, DN 3 (PTS pg 105;)
a standing description of the learned, DN 3 DN 4 (PTS pg 110, 146;)
as ascetics, DN 3 (PTS pg 126;)
luxury and pride of, DN 3 (PTS pg 129;)
the Arahat is the true, DN 3 (PTS pg 105, 138-9, 232;)
usually not a priest, DN 4 DN 12 (PTS pg 141, 286;)
reputation the source of their income, DN 4 (PTS pg 151;)
five essentials of, DN 4 (PTS pg 153-156;)
mode of addressing, DN 12 (PTS pg 194;)
their ethics of teaching, DN 12 (PTS pg 285-287;)
qualities that make men Brahmans, DN 13 (PTS pg 310;)
various kinds of, DN 13 (PTS pg 303.)
Brahma Vihāras, Supreme Conditions, DN 13 (PTS pg 299.)
Bṛīhad-āraṇyaka Upanishad, DN 3 DN 5 DN 6 DN 8 (PTS pg 116, 171, 201, 209, 214.)
Bühler, Hofrath Dr. G., DN 3 DN 8 (PTS pg xii, xx, 121, 213.)
Burnouf, E., DN 1 DN 2 DN 5 DN 6 (PTS pg 4, 20-24, 65, 70, 82, 86, 169, 191.)
Castes, the four, an inexact phrase, (PTS pg 27, 99)
key to the origin of, (PTS pg 97)
phases of the extension and growth of, (PTS pg 99)
none, strictly, in the Buddha's time, (PTS pg 99, 101.)
mental distinctions to be preferred to distinctions of, (PTS pg 100)
no distinctions of, in the Buddhist Order, (PTS pg 103)
the Buddha's views as to, outside the Order, (PTS pg 103-107.)
Cause, two forms of the heresy of denial of a, (PTS pg 52.)
Ceylon forgeries, (PTS pg xvii-xviii.)
Chaliyas, cinnamon-peelers, (PTS pg 98.)
Chalmers, Robert, (PTS pg 40, 104, 113, 122, 217.)
Chance-beings, the so-called, (PTS pg 39, 73.)
Chandalas, a low caste, as acrobats, (PTS pg 9;)
could enter an order, (PTS pg 100, 103.)
Charms, power of, (PTS pg 118, 278.)
Chastity, part of the minor morality, (PTS pg 4.)
Chess, (PTS pg 9, 10.)
Clans, the free, (PTS pg 20, 195;)
clan mote, (PTS pg 113;)
their independence of the priests, (PTS pg 286.)
Clothing, strange sorts of, used by ascetics, (PTS pg 230.)
Commensality, (PTS pg 27, 97-100.)
Commentaries, the Buddhist, (PTS pg xix.)
Connubium, (PTS pg 27, 97-100.)
Content, (PTS pg 81.)
Conversion, (PTS pg 191.)
Cowell, Prof. E. B., (PTS pg xxvii, 170, 172.)
Crafts, mystic arts, (PTS pg 19;)
trades, (PTS pg 68.)
Creation, legends of, condemned, (PTS pg 14.)
Dacoity, (PTS pg 175.)
Dahlmann, Father, (PTS pg 274.)
Darśanas, the six, (PTS pg xxvii.)
Dārupattika, he with the wooden bowl, (PTS pg 202.)
Detachment, (PTS pg 84.)
Deussen, Prof. P., (PTS pg xxvi, 169, 209, 215.)
Devadatta, (PTS pg 209, 271.)
Devadhammikā, religieux in the Buddba's time, (PTS pg 222.)
Diogenes, (PTS pg 208, 209.)
Disā, Kaṇha's mother, (PTS pg 115.)
Divination, (PTS pg 16, 18, 19.)
Dreams, interpretation of, (PTS pg 17.)
Dvigas, twice-born, (PTS pg 103.)
various forms of belief in the eternity of, DN 1 (PTS pg 26-35.)
four forms of belief in finity and infinity of, DN 1 (PTS pg 35-37.)
Yoga ideas of the astral body, DN 2 (PTS pg 62.)
Zipped files of the Scanned images of the indexes for volumes of the Pāḷi Text Society translations of the four Nikāyas.