Re: Standards in Sutta numbering

Hello,

Here is a page with the abbreviation system used in BPS publications. It
gives the abbreviation scheme of the Pali Text Society (PTS) as given in
the Dictionary of Pali by Margaret Cone as well as Ven. Bodhi’s system
of abbreviating suttas as used in Connected Discourses of the Buddha:
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/img/paliabbreviationsystem.html

Regards,
                        Bh Nyanatusita


On 31-1-2011 4:24, Noah Yuttadhammo wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Just wanted to get your thoughts on the numbering systems used in the
> various versions of the tipitaka out there. I just found out that
> accesstoinsight.org uses the PTS system, which is causing problems for
> the DPR, since, well, to put it simply, the PTS system is silly. Take,
> for example:
>
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.100.01-10.than.html
> http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.100.11-15.than.html
>
> Clearly these are two different suttas, but Woodward has them as one.
> This is not the only example; it looks like other versions are united
> against the PTS's mistakes. So, I guess my question is, is there any
> rationale for favouring one system over another? Any good reason for
> Woodward's decision?
>
> It would be nice to have a webpage somewhere with a standard system we
> could refer to.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Yuttadhammo
>
>



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