All references are to volume and page number of the Pāḷi Text Society's editions of the Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. For Dhammapada and Sutta Nipāta verse numbers are given. For Cariyāpiṭaka, chapter, poem and verse numbers. And for Vimānavatthu, poem and verse numbers.
| A | Aṅguttara Nikāya, ed. R. Morris, E. Hardy, PTS London 1885-1900 |
| As | Atthasālinī. ed. E. Muller, PTS London 1897 |
| Bv | Buddhavaṃsa, ed. N. A. Jayawickrama, PTS London 1974 |
| Cp | Cariyāpiṭaka, ed. N. A. Jayawickrama, PTS London 1974 |
| D | Dīgha Nikāya, ed. T. W. Rhys Davids, J. E. Carpenter, PTS London 1890-1911 |
| Dhp | Dhammapada, ed. O. Von Hinuber, K. R. Norman, PTS Oxford 1994 |
| Dhp-a | Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā, ed. H. C. Norman, PTS London 1906-14 |
| Dhs | Dhammasaṅgaṇi, ed. E. Muller, PTS London 1885 |
| It | Itvuttaka, ed. E. Windisch, PTS London 1889 |
| Ja | Jātaka with commentary, ed. V. Fauseboll, London PTS 1877-96 |
| Kv | Kathāvatthu, ed. A. C. Taylor, PTS London 1894 |
| M | Majjhima Nikāya, ed. V. Trenchner, R. Chalmers, PTS London 1887-1902 |
| Mil | Milindapañha, ed. V. Trenchner, PTS London 1880 |
| Pj | Paramatthajotikā, ed. H. Smith PTS London 1915 |
| S | Saṃyutta Nikāya, ed. L. Feer, PTS London 1884-98 |
| Sn | Sutta Nipāta, ed. D. Andersen, H. Smith, PTS London 1913 |
| Th, Thi | Theragāthā and Therīgāthā, ed. H. Oldenberg, R. Pischel, 2nd edition, London 1966 |
| Ud | Udāna, ed. P. Steinthal, PTS London 1885 |
| Vin | Vinaya Piṭaka, ed. H. Oldenberg, PTS London 1879-83 |
| Vis | Visuddhimagga, ed. C. A. F. Rhys Davids, PTS London 1920-21 |
| Vv | Vimānavatthu, ed. N. A. Jayawickrama. PTS London 1977 |