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Easily look up PTS references in the Sutta Piṭaka. [New expanded coverage tables. Includes alternate numbering. Search accepts space, comma or period separated numbers, case insensitive, diacritic insensitive.] Quick Jump Table   PTS Vol Dīgha Nikāya (DN) D i , D ii , D iii Majjhima Nikāya (MN)   M i , M ii , M iii Saṁyutta Nikāya (SN) S i , S ii , S iii , S iv , S v Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN)   A i , A ii , A iii , A iv , A v Go to Khuddaka Nikaya (KN) ( New! KN ref converter ) Use the quick jump table above; Note: For Vol. i of SN, there are two sets of PTS page numbers for each sutta. This is because the L. Feer editions differs from Somaratne 1999. Or type a Sutta number or name into the search boxes below to search that column of the table!

The Pali canon or Tipiṭaka, meaning “Three Baskets”, is made up from: Vinaya Piṭaka (Basket of Monastic Law) Sutta Piṭaka (Basket of Discourses) Abhidhamma Piṭaka (Basket of Systematic Treatises) Of these, the Sutta Piṭaka or "Basket of Discourses" is further split into the nikāyas or "discourses": Dīgha Nikāya (Long Discourses) Majjhima Nikāya (Middle Discourses) Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses) Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses) Khuddaka Nikāya (Minor Discourses) Usually navigating around the Sutta Pitaka is no great issue. For those wishing an overview of the Pali Canon there is: Russel Webb's 'Analysis of the Pali Canon' and  Professor Lo Kay 'Guide to Tipitaka' Cittadhammo Bhikkhu's interactive infographic structure of the Pali suttas . (Click on the small circles to link to SuttaCentral) This post is a comparison of the various reference or numbering systems that you might encounter and a guide to findin...

Hot News. The Digital Pali Reader is now available online as a webpage. Digital Pali Reader (alpha) ---  The remainder of this article is now out of date --- Are you struggling to install the Digital Pali Reader - especially now the DPR requires a version of Mozilla Firefox that supports  legacy extensions  to operate? Well this is installation guide will walk you through the following stages: Have the right Browser installed, Download the DPR Extensions, Load the Extensions into the Browser, Finding the Extension in the Browser The Digital Pali Reader is a most useful tool for the amateur translator. It provides a database of the Tipiṭaka in romanised script with a search facility and the inbuilt dictionaries allow for instant lookup of any word. Although, it does not provide full text translations - which is where SuttaCentral is useful - i t is well worth taking the time to install.