--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, John Kelly <palistudent@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know approximately what is the total size
> of the 3 parts of the Tipitaka - either in approximate
> number of pages, or words...

I just came across a reference to this and remembered the question
had been asked here some time ago, so I thought I could post this
here:

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OVERVIEW OF LENGTH OF CANONICAL TEXTS
Length in pages of the PTS editions of the text is as follows, with
the overall length being ~12800 pages, equivalent to around 30
million characters:


VINAYA PI.TAKA: 1511:

Mahaavagga and Cuulavagga: 668
Suttavibha"nga: 617
Parivaara: 226


SUTTA PI.TAKA: ~8638:

Diigha Nikaaya: 904
Majjhima Nikaaya: 1092
Sa.myutta Nikaaya: 1686 (admittedly a somewhat arbitrary figure, as
it depends on how the repetitions of the manuscript are expanded)
A"nguttara Nikaaya: 1840
(Total for first four Nikaayas: 5522)

Khuddaka Nikaaya: ~3116:

Khuddakapaa.tha: 9
Dhammapada: 119
Udaana: 94
Itivuttaka: 124
Suttanipaata: 223
Vimaanavatthu: 135
Petavatthu: 95
Theragaathaa: 115
Theriigaathaa: 51
Jaataka: with commentary 3105; canonical verses, perhaps a fifth of
this, ~600
Niddesa: Mahaa-Niddesa 510, Culla-Niddesa 287: total 797
Pa.tisambhidaamagga: 442
Apadaana: 615
Buddhava.msa: 102
Cariyaapi.taka: 37


ABHIDHAMMA PI.TAKA: 2657 :

Dhammasa"nga.nii: 264
Vibha"nga: 436
Dhaatukathaa: 113
Puggalapa~n~natti: 74
Kathaavatthu: 628
Yamaka: 593
Pa.t.thaana: 549 (but the Pali Publication Board edition indicates
~2800 for the fuller text of the Burmese editions, which are
themselves abbreviated).

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Lars Siebold