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Progress: Entries for the PTS Indexes of DB 1,2 and 3, MLS 1, and 2.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
[E] [F] [G] [H] [I]
[J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R]
[S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]
Abbreviations:
DB = Dialogues of the Buddha, T.W. & C.A.F. Rhys-Davids
DN = Dīgha Nikāya but used as a general sutta identfier for both Pāḷi texts and translations
MLS = Middle Length Sayings, I.B. Horner
MN = Majjhima Nikaya but used as a general sutta identfier for both Pāḷi texts and translations.
ant-hill, etc., MN 23 (PTS MLS I pg 183)
archer, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 109)
arrow and reed, MN 77 (PTS MLS I pg 217)
baby boy, MN 58 MN 64 MN 78 MN 80 (PTS MLS II pg 62, 102, 223, 238)
bag of samples, DN 22 (PTS DB II pg 330),
ball of soap, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 84,)
ball of thread, MN 88(PTS MLS II pg 198)
bath attendant, MN 39 MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 330), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 216))
beating back glory, MN 49 (PTS MLS I pg 390)
belle of the countryside, MN 79 MN 80 (PTS MLS II pg 230, 237)
Benares muslin, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 214f.).
bird happy and free, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 81,)
bird on the wing, MN 6 MN 12 MN 27 (PTS MLS I pg 43, 92, 226), MN 51 (PTS MLS II pg 11)
blind leaders of the blind, DN 3 (PTS DB I pg 305,)
blind man and colours, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 356),
blind men and the elephant DN 6 (PTS DB I pg 187-188,)
blind men, MN 95 MN 99 (PTS MLS II pg 360, 389)
body thrown aside, MN 10 (PTS MLS I pg 74f.)
borrowed wealth, MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 30)
bound man and the river, DN 13 (PTS DB I pg 310, 311,,)
bronze bowl, MN 5 (PTS MLS I pg 35f., 37f.)
brooding hen, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 86),
burning lamp, MN 43 (PTS MLS I pg 355)
burnt baby, MN 48 (PTS MLS I pg 386)
butcher, DN 22 (PTS DB II pg 331)
calf, MN 67 (PTS MLS II pg 130)
calling to the further bank to come over here, DN 1 DN 13 (PTS DB I pg 309,)
caravan, the leaders and the demon, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 365),
carcase round neck, MN 20 (PTS MLS I pg 154)
catskin bag, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 165)
cattle butcher, MN 10 MN 36 (PTS MLS I pg 74, 299)
cattle-butcher, MN 97 (PTS MLS II pg 376)
causeway and the rafts, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 95),
cesspool, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 100)
chest for clothes, MN 32 (PTS MLS I pg 267)
child on his father's hip, DN 15 (PTS DB II pg 68),
city walls and the cat, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 88),
clean cloth and dye, DN 14 (PTS DB II pg 34),
clean cloth, MN 56 MN 91 (PTS MLS II pg 45, 330)
clever potter, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 89,)
cloth, MN 7 (PTS MLS I pg 46, 48)
concentric circles, MN 32 (PTS MLS I pg 265)
conch blower, MN 77 MN 99 (PTS MLS II pg 219, 396)
confluence of Ganges and Jumna, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 361),
country bumpkins and the trumpet, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 361)
cow and calf, MN 48 (PTS MLS I pg 387)
cowherd, MN 19 MN 33 (PTS MLS I pg 151, 271f.)
crab, MN 35 (PTS MLS I pg 287)
creeper and tree, MN 45 (PTS MLS I pg 369)
crossing Ganges, MN 34 (PTS MLS I pg 278f.)
daughter-in-law, MN 28 MN 37 (PTS MLS I pg 233, 308)
deep pool full of water, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 85,)
deer, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 106;)
-decoy, MN 19 (PTS MLS I pg 151f.);
in forest, MN 26 (PTS MLS I pg 217f.);
herd of, MN 25 (PTS MLS I pg 199f.)
delineating shapes, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 164)
delivery of the man in prison, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 82)
distiller, drunkard, MN 35 MN 56 (PTS MLS I pg 281, 39)
ditchers, fletchers, joiners, MN 86 (PTS MLS II pg 290)
dream, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168)
dream, MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 30)
drops of water, MN 66 (PTS MLS II pg 125)
dyed monkey, MN 56 (PTS MLS II pg 49)
earth, water, fire, air, wind, MN 62 (PTS MLS II pg 94f.).
elephant, DN 21 (PTS DB II pg 301, 308)
elephant-bonds, MN 66 (PTS MLS II pg 122)
elephant-riding, MN 85 (PTS MLS II pg 281)
elephant's foot, MN 28 (PTS MLS I pg 230);
elephant's trunk, MN 61 (PTS MLS II pg 88)
footprint, MN 27 (PTS MLS I pg 220f.)
playing, MN 35 (PTS MLS I pg 282)MN 56 (PTS MLS II pg 39)
elephants, horses, oxen to be tamed, MN 90 (PTS MLS II pg 310f.).
emancipation of the man enslaved, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 83)
emerald jewel, MN 77 MN 79 (PTS MLS II pg 217, 231)
enclosed space, MN 28 (PTS MLS I pg 236)
even, uneven fords, roads, MN 8 (PTS MLS I pg 55)
felloe, MN 05 (PTS MLS I pg 39)
fire (different kinds of), MN 38 (PTS MLS I pg 315)
fire and fuel, MN 72 MN 90 MN 96 MN 99 (PTS MLS II pg 165f., 311, 369, 392)
fish in the pool, DN 1 (PTS DB I pg 54,)
flax blossom, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 214)
forest lad and the fire, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 363)
fruits of a tree, MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 30f.).
gambler and the poisoned dice, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 368),
Ganges to sea, MN 73 (PTS MLS II pg 172)
gelder, gouger, MN 56 (PTS MLS II pg 48)
gold, MN 7 (PTS MLS I pg 48)
golden image, DN 18 (PTS DB II pg 244)
grasping water-snake, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 172)
grass torch, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168), MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 29)
heap of flowers, MN 56 (PTS MLS II pg 53)
hen and eggs, MN 17 (PTS MLS I pg 136), MN 53 (PTS MLS II pg 23)
honey-ball, MN 19 (PTS MLS I pg 148)
hot iron, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 360)
house with eleven doors, MN 53 (PTS MLS II pg 18)
hungry dog, MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 28)
impaling stake, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168)
iron hook, MN 58 (PTS MLS II pg 61f.).
jewel laid on muslin, DN 14 (PTS DB II pg 11),
jewels of the Law, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 101)
Jeta grass, twigs, etc., MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 181)
ladder up to nowhere, DN 9 (PTS DB I pg 259. 261,)
lamp, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 108),
land-sighting bird, DN 11 (PTS DB I pg 283,)
leper, MN 75 (PTS MLS II pg 185ff.)
log of wood, MN 43 (PTS MLS I pg 356)
long house, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 101)
lotus, DN 14 (PTS DB II pg 16, 32),
lotus-plants in the pool, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 86,)
lotus-pond, MN 12 MN 26 MN 38 (PTS MLS I pg 102, 213, 331), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 216)
lover of the unknown lady, DN 9 (PTS DB I pg 258)
lump of flesh, (meat) MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168), MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 28)
making earth not earth, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 164)
man blind from birth, MN 75 MN 88 (PTS MLS II pg 188, 190, 300)
man coming to lotus-pond, MN 40 (PTS MLS I pg 338)
man contracting a loan, with disease, in prison, etc., MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 329f.)
man crossing Ganges, MN 64 (PTS MLS II pg 104f.).
man fully clothed, MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 332), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 217)
man going from village to village, MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 332), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 220)
man in the clean robe, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 86,)
man in the pit of mire, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 354),
man on the crag, DN 14 (PTS DB II pg 32),
man pressing out honey, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 206)
man sunk into mud, MN 8 (PTS MLS I pg 56)
man with hands and feet cut off, MN 76 (PTS MLS II pg 202)
man with one eye, MN 65 (PTS MLS II pg 115)
man with vision, MN 12 MN 20 MN 29 MN 30 MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 99f., 154, 239f., 246f., 332f.)
mangoes on the stalk, DN 1 (PTS DB I pg 54,)
medicine, MN 46 (PTS MLS I pg 378)
milk and water, MN 31 (PTS MLS I pg 258f.), MN 59 MN 89 (PTS MLS II pg 66, 303)
milk, honey, etc., MN 46 (PTS MLS I pg 378)
mirror of truth, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 99)
mirror, MN 61 (PTS MLS II pg 88)
missing the earth, MN 49 (PTS MLS I pg 390)
moon, MN 86 (PTS MLS II pg 290)
morning star, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 215)
not wanting to see, MN 20 (PTS MLS I pg 154)
owl, jackal, cat, ass meditating, MN 50 (PTS MLS I pg 398)
palm-tree, MN 68 (PTS MLS II pg 137)
pebbles and fish in the clear pool, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 93,)
peg, knocking out, MN 20 (PTS MLS I pg 153)
pig wallowing in the mire, DN 9 (PTS DB I pg 252,)
pit of embers, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168), MN 54 (PTS MLS II pg 29)
pith, MN 18 MN 29 MN 30 MN 35 (PTS MLS I pg 144, 238f., 246f., 286), MN 64 (PTS MLS II pg 104)
poisoned arrow, MN 63 (PTS MLS II pg 99)
poisoned gourd and drinking bowl, MN 46 (PTS MLS I pg 377)
pool of water, MN 38 MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 331, 333), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 216, 221)
poor man, MN 96 (PTS MLS II pg 367, 369)
poor man's bonds, MN 66 (PTS MLS II pg 123)
posthumous child, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 357),
potter, ivory worker, goldsmith, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 218)
products of the cow, DN 9 (PTS DB I pg 263,)
provision bag, MN 10 (PTS MLS I pg 74)
pure gem, DN 19 (PTS DB II pg 276)
quail, MN 66 (PTS MLS II pg 121)
raft, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 173)
recovery of the man diseased, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 82,)
reed in the sheath, and sword in the scabbard, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 88,)
reflection in a mirror, MN 15 (PTS MLS I pg 131), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 219)
relays of chariots, MN 24 (PTS MLS I pg 192)
return home of the man lost, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 83)
rich householder, MN 75 (PTS MLS II pg 184)
rich householder's bonds, MN 66 (PTS MLS II pg 124)
river in spate, MN 88 (PTS MLS II pg 300)
sal-timber, MN 72 (PTS MLS II pg 166)
sal-wood, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 161)
saw, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 166)
seed and vegetable growths, MN 35 (PTS MLS I pg 283)
seeds, MN 67 (PTS MLS II pg 130)
setting upright, etc., MN 4 MN 7 MN 28 MN 30 MN 42 (PTS MLS I pg 30, 50, 230, 253, 349), MN 55 MN 57 MN 59 MN 60 MN 73 MN 74 MN 75 MN 80 MN 84 MN 91 MN 94 MN 96 MN 98 MN 99 MN 100 (PTS MLS II pg 32, 58, 64, 83, 167, 172, 180, 191, 236, (239), 278, 331, 352, (366), (385), 396, 402)
skeleton, (PTS MLS I pg MN 22 168)
skilled groom, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 101)
slaughter house, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168)
smith's bellows, MN 36 (PTS MLS I pg 297)
snake and slough, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 218)
snake's head, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168)
something borrowed, MN 22 (PTS MLS I pg 168)
soul of the boiled man, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 359),
staircase up to nowhere, DN 13 (PTS DB I pg 308,)
stick, wet and dry, MN 36 (PTS MLS I pg 295f.)
strong man torturing, MN 97 (PTS MLS II pg 376)
strong man, MN 20 MN 26 MN 21 MN 36 MN 37 MN 49 MN 46 (PTS MLS I pg 155, 212, 164, 297, 298, 299, 307, 310, 389), MN 56 MN 67 (PTS MLS II pg 39, 130)
success of the man in debt, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 82,)
sun, MN 46 (PTS MLS I pg 378)
swineherd and the dung, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 367)
sword and scabbard, MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 218)
tangled skein, and matted thread, DN 15 (PTS DB II pg 50),
thoroughbred colt, MN 65 (PTS MLS II pg 117)
threaded jewel, DN 14 (PTS DB II pg 10),
three villages, DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 91,)
topmost height, DN 16 (PTS DB II pg 109),
torch setting fire to Ganges, MN 21 (PTS MLS I pg 165)
treasure, MN 52 (PTS MLS II pg 17)
tree, MN 12 (PTS MLS I pg 100f.)
trumpet's far-reaching tones, DN 13 (PTS DB I pg 318,)
turner, MN 10 (PTS MLS I pg 72)
two houses, MN 39 (PTS MLS I pg 332), MN 77 (PTS MLS II pg 221)
two strong men, MN 97 (PTS MLS II pg 376)
two treasure seekers, DN 23 (PTS DB II pg 369)
veluriya gem on the thread. DN 2 (PTS DB I pg 87,)
water and water-vessel, MN 61 (PTS MLS II pg 87f.).
water-pot, MN 80 (PTS MLS II pg 236)
weapon, MN 40 (PTS MLS I pg 335)
weeding out of one's neighbour's field, DN 12 (PTS DB I pg 294,)
wooing the objecting maiden, DN 12 (PTS DB I pg 294,)
wooing the unknown maiden, DN 13 (PTS DB I pg 307,)
young woman or man,, DN 2 MN 20 (PTS DB I pg 90), (PTS MLS I pg 40, 154)
