| ACIP | Asian Classics Input Project |
| Bf | Bajaur |
| BJT-a | Buddhajayantītripiṭakagranthamālā Atthakathā |
| BJT | Buddhajayantītripiṭakagranthamālā 2501–2531 (1957–1989) |
| CBETA | Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association |
| Cck | Chulachomklao Pāḷi Tipiṭaka 2436 (1893) |
| Csp A | Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭakaṃ Atthakathā |
| Csp 1st ed. | Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭakaṃ, 1st edition 2496–2499 (1952–1955) |
| Csp 2nd ed. | Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭakaṃ, 2nd edition 2500–2506 (1956–1962) |
| Csp 3rd ed. | Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭakaṃ, 3rd edition (1997) |
| D | Derge edition |
| DDB | Digital Dictionary of Buddhism |
| DH | Dun Huang |
| Dr | Dayyaraṭṭhassa Saṅgītitepiṭakaṁ |
| Finot | Finot |
| G | Gilgit |
| GBM | Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts |
| GRETIL | Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages |
| Km | Phratraipiṭakapāḷi 2501–2512 (1958–1969) |
| Lv | Lāvaraṭṭhassa 2500 (1957) |
| Maku | Mahāmakurājāvidyālai 2466 (1923) |
| Mc | Mahācūḷātepiṭakaṁ |
| Mr | Maramma Tipiṭaka 2541 (1997) |
| Ms | Mahasaṅgīti Tipiṭaka |
| NDP | Nālandā-Devanāgarī-Pāḷi-Series 2500–2505 (1957–1962) |
| Nya | Ñāṇamoḷi section number |
| PTS A | Pali Text Society Atthakathā |
| PTS cs | Pali Text Society section number |
| PTS vp en | Pali Text Society volume and page of the English translation |
| PTS vp pli | Pali Text Society volume and page of the Pali text |
| PTS vp pli 1st ed. | Pali Text Society volume and page, 1st edition of the Pali text |
| PTS vp pli 2nd ed. | Pali Text Society volume and page, 2nd edition of the Pali text |
| Q | Qianlong (Peking edition of Tibetan canon) |
| Qizil | Qizil |
| SC | SuttaCentral |
| SCT | SuttaCentral Taishō |
| Si | Sinhala Tipiṭaka (prior to 1957) |
| Syam A | Syāmaraṭṭhassa Tepiṭakaṃ Atthakathā |
| Syam all | Chulachomklao Pāḷi Tipiṭaka 2436 (1893), Syāmaraṭṭhassa Tepiṭakaṃ 2469–2471 (1926–1928) & 2538 (1995) |
| Syam 1st ed. | Syāmaraṭṭhassa Tepiṭakaṃ, 1st edition 2469–2471 (1926–1928) |
| Syam 2nd ed. | Syāmaraṭṭhassa Tepiṭakaṃ, 2nd edition 2538 (1995) |
| Tf | Turfan |
| PTS verse number | Pali Text Society verse number |
| SC verse number | SuttaCentral verse number |
| VRI | Vipassanā Research Institute 2537–2542 |
| WP | Wisdom Publications |
