LANMAN. — PALI BOOK-TITLES. CS1 



general and therefore lacking in suggestiveness, and all this apart from 

 the fact (see below) that the initials P and N and S stand for so many 

 other important Pali words. 



Secondly, and for like reasons, it is even more important that Maha 

 and Culla should not be included among the elements of text-titles 

 to be abbreviated. The Bhikkhu-vibhanga, vol's 1 and 2 of the 

 Siamese ed., is called Maha- vibhanga, just as vol's 4 and 5 of the same 

 are called Maha-vagga. Part 2 of the Dlgha-nikaya (vol. 10) is the 

 Maha-vagga, and of the ten suttas of that vagga, the names of not less 

 than seven begin with Maha. Part 2 of the Khuddaka-nikaya (vol. 

 26) is the Maha-niddesa ; and the first of the three divisions of part 4, 

 Patisambhida-magga (vol. 28), is named Maha-vagga. In short, there 

 are so many Maha-this's and Culla-that's, that, even if you are right 

 in taking M as = Maha and C as = Culla, the suggestiveness of the 

 rightly guessed words is practically nil. 22 Hence the M. and C. of List 

 2 (for Vin. 1 and Vin. 2) are to be condemned without reservation, as are 

 also the M. and Mah. of List 3 (for Vin. 1 and Maha-varjsa). 



Similarly, the terms vatthu and vagga and varjsa are objectionable. 

 Hence I have preferred Bu. to Bv. for Buddha- varjsa. In like manner 

 Abhi were better avoided. In List 2, Abh. means Abhidhammattha- 

 sarjgaha ; but in List 5 Abh. means Abhidhana-ppadlpika, for which 

 List 1 has Ab. For these two words, both important, I do not see how 

 the use of Abh can be avoided, and it is tolerable if we add for the one 

 an s (Abhs.) and for the other a p (Abhp.). 



Not only are certain words to be avoided ; certain letters also are 

 either to be avoided or else used with caution. This will be clear to 

 any one on glancing over the table (II, p. 676) of what the American 

 newspapers call "deadly parallels." The letter P has 10 meanings and 

 stands for Patisambhida-magga, Patthana, and Parivara ; and (less ob- 

 jectionably, because in combination) for Peta-, Puggala-, and Panca-, 

 and also for -patha, -pada, -pitaka, and -pannatti. — Again, V has 8, 

 and stands for Vibhanga and (List 4) Vinaya ; for Vimana- ; for -vatthu, 

 -varjsa, -vibhanga, -vagga, and (!)- vara. — The letter S has 7 values: 

 Sarjyutta-nikaya, Sarjghadisesa (! List 3) ; Sutta- ; -sambhida-magga, 

 -sarjgani, -sarjgaha, -sikkka. — The letter N, or even the combination 

 Ni, has 4 : to wit, Niddesa and (List 3) Nissaggiya ; -nikaya and -nipata. 

 And so has M, namely, Majj him a -nikaya, Maha-vagga (= Vin. 1), and 

 Maha- varjsa (List 13) ; and -magga. In List 12, moreover, M. means 

 (not Majjhima-nikaya, but) Miinze ; " aber naturlich auch Meile und 

 Mitte." Finally, C means Cariya-pitaka and Culla-vagga; and I (be- 

 sides suggesting the Roman numeral I) is too much like J. 



22 List 7 employs Mp., Mv., M-vansa, and M-vastu. 



