Abbreviations
| AN | Aṅguttara Nikāya | 
| As | Adhikaraṇa-samatha | 
| Ay | Aniyata | 
| BD | Book of Discipline | 
| BMC1 | The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. I | 
| C | Commentary | 
| Cp | Cariyāpiṭaka | 
| Cv | Cullavagga | 
| DN | Dīgha Nikāya | 
| Dhp | Dhammapada | 
| Iti | Itivuttaka | 
| Khp | Khuddakapāṭha | 
| MN | Majjhima Nikāya | 
| Mv | Mahāvagga | 
| NP | Nissaggiya Pācittiya | 
| Pc | Pācittiya | 
| Pd | Pāṭidesanīya | 
| Pr | Pārājika | 
| PTS | Pali Text Society | 
| Pv | Parivāra | 
| SN | Saṁyutta Nikāya | 
| Sn | Sutta Nipāta | 
| SC | Sub-commentary | 
| Sg | Saṅghādisesa | 
| Sk | Sekhiya | 
| Thag | Theragāthā | 
| V | Vimati-vinodanī | 
Numbers in the references to Mv, Cv, and Pv denote chapter, section and sub-section; in the references to DN, Iti, Khp, and MN, discourse (sutta); in the references to AN, Cp, SN, and Sn, section (saṁyutta or nipāta) and discourse; in the references to Dhp, verse.




