John,

These are general references to countries that produce the Pali canon:
The abbreviations mean as follows:

Be = Burmese edition
Ce = Sinhala (Ceylonese) edition
Ee = European (usually PTS) ed
Ke = Khmer (Cambodian) edition
Se = Siamese (Thai) edition

and so on.

Sukhi

Piya



--- John Kelly <palistudent@...> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I often find myself getting somewhat confused about
> the different Pali text editions and the meaning of
> the various symbols used to decribe them - Be, Ee, Se,
> etc. Would one of you kind-hearted knowledgable
> people please post a simple guide as to the meaning of
> each of these symbols, and how they relate to the CSCD
> edition that I have on disk, and the Buddha Jayanti
> version available from the JBE website? I have heard
> that the latter is the most reliable version to use -
> is that the current scholarly consensus?
>
> Thank you.
> With metta, John
>
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