MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Texts</strong>:<br />
<strong>The</strong> text of the Mahākhandhakaṁ as presented here has been established through a<br />
comparison of the four standard editions:<br />
BJT: Sri Lankan Edition from Mahāvaggapāḷi, pp. 2-90. Buddha Jayanti Tripitika<br />
Series, volume III. 1957, reprinted Colombo, 2005 with corrections.<br />
PTS: European edition, from Vinaya Piṭakaṁ, Vol I, <strong>The</strong> Mahāvagga, edited by<br />
Hermann Oldenburg, Pali Text Society, 1879, reprinted London, 1969.<br />
Thai: Thai edition, as found on Budsir for Windows CD-ROM (version 2.0,<br />
Bangkok, 1996).<br />
ChS: Burmese edition, as found on the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana CD-ROM (version 3,<br />
Igatpuri, no date, but = 1999).<br />
Other <strong>Texts</strong>:<br />
Comm: Mahāvagga-Aṭṭhakathā, as found on the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana CD-ROM<br />
(version 3, Igatpuri, no date, but = 1999).<br />
Jā Nid: Jātakanidāna, as found on the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana CD-ROM (version 3,<br />
Igatpuri, no date, but = 1999).<br />
Mvu: Mahavastu, Vol III, edited by E. Senart, Paris 1897.<br />
Lal: Lalitavistara, edited by Lefman, Halle, 1902; also P.L. Vaidya, Darbhanga,<br />
1958<br />
Translations Consulted:<br />
BD: <strong>The</strong> Book of the Discipline, Vol I, I.B. Horner, London, 1938.<br />
VT: Vinaya <strong>Texts</strong>, Part I, T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg, Oxford<br />
1885, reprinted Delhi 1990<br />
SGB: <strong>The</strong> Story of Gotama Buddha, N.A. Jayawickrama, PTS Oxford, 1990.<br />
MT: <strong>The</strong> Mahavastu, J. J. Jones, London, 3 volumes 1949-1956.<br />
LV: Lalitavistara, Bijoya Goswami, Kolkata, 2001.<br />
Dictionaries:<br />
PED: Pāḷi-English Dictionary, T.W. Rhys Davids and William Stede, 1921-25,<br />
online edition: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/