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(An Incomplete) Bibliography

Pāḷi Dictionaries

  • Buddhadatta, Ven. A.P., 1958. Concise Pāli-English Dictionary (Second Edition), Dehiwala: Buddhist Cultural Centre
  • Cone, Margaret, 2001. A Dictionary of Pāli Part I a-kh, Oxford: Pāli Text Society
  • Cone, Margaret, 2010. A Dictionary of Pāli Part II g-n, Oxford: Pāli Text Society
  • Cone, Margaret, 2020. A Dictionary of Pāli Part III p-bh, Oxford: Pāli Text Society
  • Rhys Davids, T. W. & Stede,William (editors), 1921-1925. Pali-English Dictionary, Chipstead: Pāli Text Society
  • Trenckner, V, et al., 1925 -2010. A Critical Pāli Dictionary, Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy, accessed through https://cpd.uni-koeln.de/

Sanskrit Dictionaries

Classical Pāḷi Grammars

  • Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ
  • Padarūpasiddhi
  • Saddanītippakaraṇaṃ Dhātumālā
  • Saddanītippakaraṇaṃ Padamālā
  • Saddanītippakaraṇaṃ Suttamālā
  • Vuttodayaṃ

Modern Pāḷi Grammars (incomplete)

  • Andersen, Dines & Smith, Helmer, 1921. The Pali Dhatupatha and the Dhatumajusa: Edited with Indexes, Copenhagen: Anderson, Fred, Host & Son, accessed through https://archive.org/details/palidhatupathadh00andeuoft
  • Buddhadatta, Ven. A.P., 2020. The New Pali Course Parts 1 & 2 (Sixth Edition), Dehiwala: Buddhist Cultural Centre
  • Buddhadatta, Ven. A.P., 2020. The New Pali Course Parts 3, Dehiwala: Buddhist Cultural Centre
  • Duroiselle, Charles, 2007. A Practical Grammar of the Pali Language (Fourth Edition), accessed through https://palistudies.blogspot.com/p/a-practical-grammar-of-pali-language.html
  • Geiger, Wilhelm, 2005. A Pāli Grammar, Oxford: Pāli Text Society
  • Oberlies, Thomas , 2001. Pali:A Grammar of the Language of the Theravada Tipitaka, With a Concordance to Pischel's Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Perniola, V., 1997. Pali Grammar, Oxford: Pāli Text Society
  • Silananda, Sayadaw U & Nandisena, U (Editor), 2002. *Pali Roots in Saddanīti Dhātu-Mālā compared with Pāṇinīya-Dhātupāṭha *

English Translations (incomplete)

  • Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 2000. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, Boston: Wisdom Publications
  • Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 2012. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, Boston: Wisdom Publications
  • Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 2017. The Sutta Nipata: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha's Discourses Togther with its Commentaries, Boston: Wisdom Publications
  • Ñāṇadīpa, Bhikkhu, 2018. The Silent Sages of Old: Suttas from the Suttanipata, Path Press Publications, accessed through https://pathpress.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/the_silent_sages_of_old_suttanipata_ppp.pdf
  • Nāṇamoli, Bhikkhu, & Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 2005. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya (Third Edition), Boston: Wisdom Publications
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, 2018. Dīghanikāya: Long Discourses, Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, 2018. Majjhimanikāya: Middle Discourses, Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, 2018. Saṃyuttanikāya: Linked Discourses, Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, 2018. Aṅguttaranikāya: Numbered Discourses, Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, & Walton, Jessica, 2019. Theragāthā: Verses of the Senior Monks (Revised Edition), Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Sujato, Bhikkhu, & Walton, Jessica, 2019. Therīgāthā: Verses of the Senior Nuns, Sutta Central, accessed through https://suttacentral.net/
  • Thanissaro, Bhikkhu, 2017. Handful of Leaves: An Anthology from the Sutta Piṭaka (Revised Edition), Metta Forest Monastery, accessed through https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/index.html
  • Walshe, Maurice, 1986. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya, Boston: Wisdom Publications

Academic Papers (incomplete)

  • Deokar, Mahesh A., 2008. Technical Terms And Technique Of The Pali And The Sanskrit Grammars, Sarnath, Varanasi: Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies

  • Deokar, Mahesh A., 2012. Some Probable Sanskrit Sources of the Pali Grammarians With Special Reference to Aggavamsa, New Delhi: DK Printworld

  • Jones, Dhivan, 2021. Translating Paṭicca-samuppāda in Early Buddhism, Albany: State University of New York Press
  • Karpik, Stefan, 2023. Light on Epigraphic Pali: More on the Buddha Teaching in Pali, Oxford: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
  • Pandita, Ven., 2015. Pali Adjectives: When Progress Hurts , Unpublished

  • Pind, Ole Holten, 1995. Pāli and the Pāli Garmmarians: The Method of the Pāli Grammarians, Stockholm: Association of Oriental Studies

  • Wijesekera, O.H. De A. , 1993. Syntax of the Cases in the Pali Nikayas, Kelaniya: The Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, accessed through https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Textual-Studies/Syntax-of-the-Cases/index.htm

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