Foreword
The original inspiration for this book goes back to early 1991, when Charles Hallisey invited me while staying in Chicago to write a long chapter on Pali literature for his planned “Handbook of Theravada Literature”. When that plan did not materialize, I decided to publish the section on Pali literature separately.
This original plan has left its mark on both the structure and the length of the present book. As far as possible. I have attempted to remain within the space limits proposed for the projected handbook, despite the fact that it soon became clear that it would be impossible to deal exhaustively with Pali literature within those limits. As a result, my presentation is at times extremely brief. Even after deciding to publish the study separately, I persisted with this brevity in order to avoid stylistic inconsistency.
My contribution to the planned handbook was to cover the whole of Pali literature, with the exception of titles listed by H. Smith in the Epilegomena to the Critical Pali Dictionary under 2.9.22 “Medicine”. 2.9.23 “Law”, and 5. “Philology”. These were to be dealt with by J. Liyanaratne, A. Huxley, and O. Pind respectively. Consequently, they are not treated in the present survey.
Despite the limitations of space. I have attempted to deal with as many titles as possible, in order to give a survey of Pali literature as comprehensive as possible, excluding the group of texts mentioned above. Some of the titles presented in the chapters on later Pali literature have not been previously noted in modern Western studies. Although it has proved impossible to include all known Pali texts especially those extant only in manuscript form, the present handbook supplements the Epilegomena to the Critical Pali Dictionary.
Table of Contents
Foreword
I. Introduction § 1-9
II. The Theravada Canon § 10-155
II.1 The Basket of the Discipline § 12-45
II.1.1 The Suttavibhahga and the Patimokkhasutta § 14-27
II.1.1.1 The Patimokkhasutta § 15-21
II.1.1.2 The Suttavibhahga § 22 – 27
II.1.2 The Khandhaka § 28-39
II.1.3 The Parivara § 40-42
II.1.4 The Abhayagiri-Vinaya § 43-45
II.2 The Basket of the Teaching § 46-128
II.2.1 The Dighanikaya § 52-62
II.2.2 The Majjhimanikaya § 63-68
II.2.3 The Samyuttanikaya § 69-75
II.2.4 The Anguttaranikaya § 76-83
II.2.5 The Khuddakanikaya § 84-128
II.2.5.1 The Khuddakapatha §86-87
The Paritta § 87
II.2.5.2 The Dhammapada § 88—90
II.2.5.3 The Udana § 91
II.2.5.4 The Itivuttaka § 92-93
II.2.5.5 The Suttanipata § 94-99
II.2.5.6,7 The Vimanavatthu and the Petavatthu § 100-102
II.2.5.8,9 The Thera- and the Therigatha § 103-108
II.2.5.10 TheJataka § 109-115
The Nidanakatha § 111
II.2.5.11 The Niddesa § 116-118
II.2.5.12 The Patisambhidamagga § 119-120
II.2.5.13 The Apadana § 121-123
II.2.5.14 The Buddhavamsa § 124-125
II.2.5.15 The Cariyapitaka § 126-128
II.3 The Basket of Things Relating to the Teaching § 129—155
II.3.1 The Dhammasangani §132-137
II.3.2 The Vibhanga § 138—139
II.3.3 The Dhatukatha § 140
II.3.4 The Puggalapannatti § 141-143
II.3.5 The Kathavatthu §144-151
II.3.6 The Yamaka § 152-153
II.3.7 ThePatthana § 154-155
III. The Paracanonical Texts § 156-180
III.1 The Suttasamgaha § 157
III.2 The Nettippakarana § 158-166
III.3 The Petakopadesa § 167-171
III.4 The Milindapanha (with commentary) § 172-180
Milindatika § 180
IV. The Chronicles § 181-202
IV.1 Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa (with commentary) § 182-188
Dipavamsa § 183-184
Mahavamsa § 185-187
Mahavamsatika § 188
IV.2 The Extended Mahavamsa § 189
IV.3 Vamsamalivilasini § 190
IV.4 Mahabodhivamsa § 191
IV.5 Thupavamsa § 192
IV.6 Dathavamsa § 193
IV.7 Nalatadhatuvamsa § 194
IV.8 Chakesadhatuvamsa § 195
IV.9 Hatthavanagallaviharavamsa § 196-167
IV.10 Samantakutavannana § 198
IV.11 Sangitivamsa § 199
IV.12 Anagatavamsa § 200
IV.13 Dasabodhisattauddesa § 201
IV.14 Dasabodhisattuppattikatha and Dasabodhisattavidhi § 202
V. The Commentaries § 203-322
Buddhaghosa § 207
V.1 The Commentaries on the Vinaya § 208-225
V.1.1 The Samantapasadika § 208 – 220
V.1.2 The Kankhavitarani § 221-225
V.2 The Commentaries on the Suttapitaka § 226-307
V.2.1 The Commentaries on the First Four Nikayas (Sumangalavilasini, Papancasudani, Manorathapurani, Saratthappakasini) § 226- 244
V.2.2 Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga (with commentaries) § 245-250
V.2.3 The Commentaries on the Khuddakanikaya § 251-307
V.2.3.1 The Paramatthajotika I § 252-254
V.2.3.2 The Paramatthajotika II §255-259
V.2.3.3 Jatakatthavannana and Dhammapadatthakatha § 260- 269
Jatakatthavannana §261
Dhammapadatthakatha § 262 – 269
V.2.3.4 Apocryphal Jatakas § 270-271
Pannasajataka § 270
Kosalabimba vannana § 271
V.2.3.5 Dhammapala’s Commentaries: The Paramatthadipani § 272-286
Udana-and Itivuttaka-atthakatha § 277-279
Vimanavatthu- and Petavatthu-atthakatha § 280-282
Theragatha- and Therigatha-atthakatha § 283 – 284
Cariyapitaka-atthakatha § 285
Dhammapala’s date and his relation to other commentaries § 286
V.2.3.6 The Saddhammapajjotika § 287—290
V.2.3.7 The Saddhammapakasini § 291 – 297
V.2.3.8 The Madhuratthavilasini § 298-301
V.2.3.9 The Visuddhajanavilasini § 302-304
V.2.3.10 Survey of the Khuddakanikaya-Commentaries § 305 – 307
V.3 The Commentaries on the Abhidhammapitaka § 308-322
Atthasalini § 315-317
Sammohavinodani § 318-321
Pancappakaranatthakatha § 322
VI. The Handbooks § 323-354
VI.1 The Vinaya Handbooks § 324-339
Vinayavinicchaya and Uttaravinicchaya § 325-331
Khuddakasikkha and Mulasikkha § 332-333
Palimuttakavinayavinicchayasangaha (with commentaries) § 334-337
Vimativinodani § 338
Sima Handbooks (Simavivadavinicchayakatha, Simalankara, Simalankarasamgaha) § 339
VI.2 The Abhidhamma Handbooks § 340 – 354
Abhidhammavatara (with commentaries) and Ruparupavibhaga § 340-343
Abhidhammatthasangaha (with commentaries) § 344- 347
Paramatthavinicchaya and Namarupapariccheda § 348-349
The author Anuruddha § 350
Saccasankhepa § 351
Namarupasamasa §352
Namacaradipaka § 353
Mohavicchedani § 354
VII. The Subcommentaries § 355-382
VII.1 The Subcommentaries by Ananda § 356
VII.2 The Subcommentaries by Dhammapala § 357-366
Linatthappakasini (on the Nikaya-Commentaries) § 358
Linatthappakasini (on the Jatakatthavappana) § 359
Linatthavannana (on the Abhidhamma-Commentaries) § 360
Paramatthamanjusa (on the Visuddhimagga) § 361
Nettiatthakatha § 362
Linatthavappana (on the Nettiatthakatha) § 363
Dhammapala’s Date § 364 – 366
VII.3 The Vinayagapthipada by Vajirabuddhi § 367—371
VII.4 The Subcommentaries by Sariputta and his pupil Buddhanaga § 372-378
Saratthadipani (on the Samantapasadika) § 373-374
Saratthamanjusa (on the Manorathapurani) § 375-376
Kankhavitaraniporanatika § 377
Vinayatthamanjusa (on the Kankhavitarapi) §378
VII.5 Later Subcommentaries § 379-382
Samantapasadika-, Atthasalini-, and Vibhangatthakatha-atthayojana § 379
Abhidhammatthavibhavini-atthayojana § 380
Nettivibhavani § 381
Sadhujanavilasini (on the Sumangalavilasini) § 382
Petakalaipkara §382
VIII. Anthologies § 383-392
Sarasangaha § 384-385
Upasakajanalankara § 386-388
Patipattisahgaha §386
Mangalatthadipani § 389
Sankhyapakasaka(-tika) and Vessantaradipani § 390
Pathamasambodhi § 391
Jinamahanidana § 392
IX. Cosmological Texts § 393-402
Pancagatidipani § 393
Chagatidipani § 394
Lokapannatti § 395-396
Lokappadipakasara § 397 – 399
Okasadipani § 398
Cakkavaladipani § 400
Candasuriyagatidipani § 401-402
X. Poetry § 403-408a
Pajjamadhu § 403
Telakatahagatha § 404 -405
Jinacarita § 406
Jinalamkara § 407
Sadhucaritodaya § 408
Jinabodhavali § 408a
XI. Collections of Stories § 409-418
Dasadanavatthuppakarana § 409
Sahassavatlhappakarana § 410-412
(Madhu)Rasavahini § 413-415
Sihalavatthuppakarana § 416-418
XII. Pali Literature from South East Asia § 419-437
Surveys of Pali literature composed in Ceylon, Burma and Thailand § 419
XII.1 Niti Texts § 420-424
Dhamma-. Loka-. Maharaha-. Raja-niti § 420-422
Lokaneyyappakarapa § 423
Manussavineyya § 424
XII.2 Chronicles from Thailand § 425 -429
Camadevivamsa § 426
Sihingabuddharupanidana, Ratanabimbavamsavannana, Amarakatabuddharupanidana, Addhabhagabuddharupa-nidana § 427
Jinakalamali § 428
Pancabuddhabyakarana § 429
XII.3 Apocryphal Texts from Thailand § 430 -437
Sivijayajataka § 430-431
Sotatthakimahanidana § 432-434
Maleyyattheravatthu § 435
Tundilovada-, Nibbana-, Akaravattara-sutta §436
Apocryphal titles mentioned in the Atthakatha § 437
XIII. Letters and Inscriptions § 438-446
XIII.1 Letters § 438 – 443
Saddhammopayana § 439 -440
Mahanagakulasandesa § 441
Sandesakatha § 442
The letter by the Aggamahasenapati of Siam § 443
XIII.2 Inscriptions § 444-446
XIV. Lost Texts and Non-Theravada Texts Quoted in Pali Literature § 447 -450
Sarasamasa § 448
Madhukosa § 450
XV. Bibliography
XVI. Indices
XVI.1 Titles of Pali Works and Their Sections
XVI.2 Authors
XVI.3 Pali Words
XVI.4 General Index
XVI.5 Modern Authors
XVII. Abbreviations
XVII.1 Pali Texts
XVII.2 General Abbreviations
XVIII. Additions and Corrections to the Numerical System of the Epilegomena to the CPD