Abbreviations
| AN | Aṇguttara Nikāya |
| DN | Dīgha Nikāya |
| Dhp | Dhammapada |
| MN | Majjhima Nikāya |
| SN | Saṃyutta Nikāya |
(For all of the above, see Russell Webb, An Analysis of the Pali Canon (Wheel 217/220, 1975))
| VM | Visuddhimagga by Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa |
Commentaries:
| Dhp A | Commentary (Aṭṭhakathā) on Dhp |
| MA | Commentary (Aṭṭhakathā) on MN |
| SA | Commentary (Aṭṭhakathā) on SN (= Sāratthapakā-sinī) |
(For these see Lakshmi R. Goonesekere, Buddhist Commentarial Literature (Weel 113/114, 1967))
Translations:
| Dial | Dialogues of the Buddha (3 vols.) (=DN) (SBB) |
| KS | Kindred Sayings (5 vols.) I-ī by Mrs C. A. F. Rhys Davids, īI-V by F. L. Woodward (=SN) (PTS) |
| PP | The Path of Purification (=VM) by Ven. ñanamoli (Colombo 1956) |
Miscellaneous:
| BD | Buddhist Dictionary by Ven. Nyanatiloka (2nd ed. by Ven. Nyanaponika, Colombo 1972) |
| BPE | Buddhist Psychological Ethics (= Dhammasangani [Book 1 of Abhidhamma Piṭaka] transl. By Mrs Rhys Davids, PTS 1900, 1974) |
| BPS | Buddhist Publication Society (Kandy) |
| EB | Encyclopaedia of Buddhism Colombo 1961 (in progress) |
| PED | Pali English Dictionary (PTS) |
| PTS | Pali Text Society |
| SBB | Sacred Books of the Buddhists (series continued by PTS) |
| WH | Wheel Publications (BPS) |