> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Piya Tan wrote:
> > Are good reasons why DN, MN, SN, AN is better than
> using D, M, S,
> A? What about Sutta Nipata, which has to have a
> longer abbreviation?

That's what I would like to know. Was there a good
reason why the longer abbreviation method is now the
current standard, and who set this standard? ATI uses
SN=samyutta and sn=sutta nipata. If you're going to
set a new standard, then why not avoid that kind of
ambiguity with case sensitivity.

What ever the most widely accepted standard is, I'll
go along with it. I'm just confused how this new
standard came about, since books that I deem pretty
important like B.Bodhi's nikaya translations, seem to
use the "old" standard.

-fk


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