>Dear friends
>
>When the footnotes of CSCD give variant readings they
>mention some abbrevations, for example,
>
>(sii pii. ka.)
>(sii. syaa. ka.m.)
>
>What do they mean? I can't find an explantion of them
>in the help menu. Would any one of you kindly explain
>it for me?
>

My first guess would be:

sii = Sinhalese version.
syaa = Thai version (syaama = Siam, name for Thailand)
ka.m = Cambodian version

That is to say references to the official printed versions of those countries, rather than to the manuscript traditions.

Not sure about pii. PTS edition?

Best regards,

/Rett