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Ancient Buddhist Texts Home Page
History
A history of this website from its first edition in November 2002, including recent additions and changes.
Additions and Changes during 2022:
December: as the MOBI format is now deprecated by its originator, Amazon, I have removed the .mobi files from the site. They now recommend using .epub.
Update to my Hotkeys Diacritic Input Programme
The Combination method for inputing Pāḷi and Sanskrit, February, 2022
New Longpress Diacritic Input Programme
A Longpress method for inputing Pāḷi and Sanskrit, February, 2022
Texts and Translations:
Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā, 251-300
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries (251-300) November 2022
Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries (1-150) July 2022
Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries (151-250) August 2022
English Texts:
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries, 251-300
(Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā, 251-300) November 2022
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries
(Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā, 1-150) July 2022
The Jātaka Verses and their Word Commentaries
(Jātakagāthāvaṇṇanā, 151-250) August 2022
Additions and Changes during 2021:
English Texts:
The Jātaka Translation
547 Stories from the Jātaka Commentary (Revised and Reconstructed) (Ja), November, 2021
Ja 1 The Story about what is Unquestionable
Apaṇṇakajātaka, December, 2021
Ja 2 The Story about a Sandy Place
Vaṇṇupathajātaka, December, 2021
Ja 3 The Story about the Tradesman from Serivā
Serivavāṇijajātaka, December, 2021
Ja 273 The Story about the (Biting) Turtle
Kacchapajātaka, December, 2021
Ja 273 Kacchapajātaka, December, 2021
Ja 526 Naḷinikā’s Story
or: The Seduction of an Innocent
Texts and Translations:
Ja 1 Apaṇṇakajātaka
The Story about what is Unquestionable, December, 2021
Ja 2 Vaṇṇupathajātaka
The Story about a Sandy Place, December, 2021
Ja 3 Serivavāṇijajātaka
The Story about the Tradesman from Serivā, December, 2021
Ja 273 Kacchapajātaka
The Story about (the Biting) Turtle, December, 2021
Ja 526 Naḷinikājātakaṁ
Naḷinika’s Story or: The Seduction of an Innocent, December, 2021
Additions and Changes during 2020:
Texts and Translations:
Karma-vibhaṅga
The Analysis of Deeds, April
Adhammikasuttaṁ
The Discourse on the Dishonest (AN & AA 4.70), April
English Texts:
The Analysis of Deeds
(Karma-vibhaṅga), April
The Discourse on the Dishonest (AN & AA 4.70), April
The Nidānakathā, or
Introduction to the Jātaka Stories (Ja), November
Original Texts and Studies:
A Comparative Edition of the Dhammapada
(3rd Edition), January
A Comparative Edition of the Dhammapada
(4th Edition), April
Parallels to the Dhammapada Verses
(4th Edition), May
Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā (JA), October
Grammar and Prosody
Old Javanese Metres
(2nd edition), May
Reference:
The Theravāda Lineage
(Nikāya Saṅgrahaya), August
Suttapiṭaka Index,
with links to Pāḷi Text and Translation(s), September
Additions and Changes during 2019:
Work is suspended on this site, apart from maintenance, owing to publication of numerous books principally about Borobudur connected to my Photo Dharma website, which is taking up all my time at present.
November: Owing to changes in policy on the hosting site all flipbooks have had to be removed.
Texts and Translations:
Karma-vibhaṅga-sāra
The Essence of the Analysis of Deeds, December
English Texts:
The Essence of the Analysis of Deeds
(Karma-vibhaṅga-sāra), December
Additions and Changes during 2018:
Texts and Translations:
Dīpavaṁsa
The Chronicle of the Island, Revised Edition, February
Bhadra-cari-praṇidhānam
The Aspiration for the Good Life, April
English Texts:
The Chronicle of the Island, Revised Edition, February
Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India
Condensed into English Verse by Romesh C. Dutt, February
Mahabharata, Epic of the Bharatas
Condensed into English Verse by Romesh C. Dutt, March
The Aspiration for the Good Life
Bhadra-cari-praṇidhānam, April
Grammar and Prosody
Transforming Sanskrit into Pāli, August
Pāḷi Word Endings, August
Old Javanese Metres, October
Additions and Changes during 2017:
mp3 Audio Files:
The Dharma Collection, January
Entrance into the Light of the Dharma, January
Texts and Translations:
Dharma-Saṅgraha
The Dharma Collection, January
Dhammāloka-Mukhaṁ
Entrance into the Light of the Dharma, January
Patna Dhammapada
Patna Dhamma Verses, November
Dhammapada
2nd Edition, November
Dīpavaṁsa
The Chronicle of the Island, November
English Texts:
The Dharma Collection, January
Entrance into the Light of the Dharma, January
The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai, June
Patna Dhamma Verses, November
Dhamma Verses (2nd Edition), November
The Chronicle of the Island, November
Reference:
On the Chronicles of Ceylon
Bimala Churn Law, June
Sutta and Jātaka number and name, links and PTS page number
Leigh Brasington, July
Additions and Changes during 2016:
mp3 Audio Files:
The Discourse concerning Vāseṭṭha, February
From Buddha-to-be to Teacher
in the Buddha’s own Words, April
Dhamma Verses
Dhammapada (KN 2), August
Thai Chanting
(selections from the Thai tradition), October
Dhamma Topics
A Translation of Dhammatthavinicchaya, December
Dhammatthavinicchaya (in Pāḷi)
(a collection of Dhamma topics), December
Original Texts and Studies:
Study of the Parallels to the Dhammapada Verses (KN 2), January
Dhammatthavinicchaya (a collection of Dhamma topics), December
Texts and Translations:
Traditional Monastic Reflections
translated and rewritten for lay people also, February
Vāseṭṭhasuttaṁ
The Discourse concerning Vāseṭṭha
and its commentary (MN & MA 98) February
Chanting for Meditators
(a monthly chanting schedule), April
Dhammapada
Dhamma Verses (KN 2), August
Thai Chanting
(selections from the Thai tradition), October
Arthaviniścaya
An Analysis of the Topics, November
Dhammatthavinicchaya
Dhamma Topics and their Analysis, December
English Texts:
The Discourse concerning Vāseṭṭha (MN 98), February
Buddhist Parables
220 Stories from Canonical, Para-Canonical and Commentarial sources, March
From Buddha-to-be to Teacher
in the Buddha’s own Words, April
Dhamma Verses
Dhammapada (KN 2), August
An Analysis of the Topics
(Arthaviniścaya), November
Dhamma Topics and their Analysis
(Dhammatthavinicchaya), December
Prosody: Texts and Studies:
Vuttodaya, The Composition of Metre, April
Syntax of the Cases in the Pali Nikayas, April
Schema for the Transliteration of Sanskrit and Pāḷi, October
Reference:
From the Living Fountains of Buddhism
Ananda W.P. Guruge, June
A Summary of the Mahāvastu
Bimala Churn Law, October
Literary History of
Sanskrit Buddhism
J. K. Nariman, December
Beginnings of Indian Studies in Europe
J. K. Nariman, December
Treasure Trove of Ancient Literatures
J. K. Nariman, December
Buddhist-Drama
Moriz Winternitz, December
Most Ancient Buddhist Records
Moriz Winternitz, December
Maps:
Chinese Pilgrims to
Central Asia, India and SE Asia (3 maps), May
Additions and Changes during 2015:
March: redesigned the site to make it more tablet and mobile friendly.
June: amalgamated the grammar and prosody texts, and renamed the section.
August: Added an always-available navigation drawer on the top right, which contains the main links.
mp3 Audio Files:
The Stories about the Foremost Elder Nuns, March, 2015
Texts and Translations:
Aggatherīvatthu
The Stories about the Foremost Elder Nuns (AN & AA 8.51-53), March, 2015
English Texts:
The Stories about the Foremost Elder Nuns, March, 2015
Buddhist Legends
300 Stories from the Dhammapada Commentary (Dhp-A), August, 2015
Additions and Changes during 2014:
February: moved all the audio files to the website, and started using a new embed system.
February: updated the way eBook zips are made so they are always up-to-date.
March: improved the search facilities on the site with google custom search.
April: changed the site over from Xhtml to Html5 and optimised the javascript for quicker downloading.
mp3 Audio Files:
The Analysis of Conditional Origination, April 2014
Safeguard Recitals, recited in Pāḷi, April 2014
Daily Chanting, recited in Pāḷi, April 2014
The Discourse about the Noble Search (MN 26), June 2014
The Discourse to Prince Bodhi (MN 85), June 2014
Bodhirājakumārasuttaṁ (MN 85), recited in Pāḷi, June 2014
The Six Factors of Giving (AN 6.37), August 2014
Nandaka’s Advice (MN 146, August 2014)
Arahat Dhammadinnā’s Dhamma Teaching (MN 44, September 2014)
Khemā Therī’s Wisdom (SN 44.1), September 2014)
Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ (in Pāḷi) (DN 22), November, 2014
Three Discourses concerning Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (AN & AA 1.14.5.1-13), December, 2014
Texts and Translations:
Safeguard Recitals,
Revised and Enlarged 3rd Edition, April 2014
Paṭiccasamuppādavibhaṅga (Vibh. 6),
The Analysis of Conditional Origination, April 2014
Daily Chanting
3rd Edition, April 2014
Ariyapariyesanasuttaṁ
The Discourse about the Noble Search (MN 26), June 2014
Bodhirājakumārasuttaṁ
The Discourse to Prince Bodhi (MN 85), June 2014
Chaḷaṅgadāna
The Six Factors of Giving (AN & AA 6.37), August 2014
Nandakovāda
Nandaka’s Advice (MN 146 & MA 146 & AA 1.4.7), August, 2014
Cūḷavedallasuttaṁ
The Small Discourse giving an Elaboration (MN 44 & Comms. (part), September, 2014
Khemāsuttaṁ
The Discourse about Khemā (SN 44.1), September, 2014
Mahāpajāpatigotamī-tisuttāni
Three Discourses concerning Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (AN 8.51-53), June, 2014
English Texts:
The Analysis of Conditional Origination, April 2014
The Discourse about the Noble Search (MN 26), June 2014
The Discourse to Prince Bodhi (MN 85), June 2014
The Six Factors of Giving (AN 6.37), August 2014
Nandaka’s Advice (MN 146 & AA 1.4.7)
Arahat Dhammadinnā’s Dhamma Teaching (MN 44 & Comms. (part)
Khemā Therī’s Wisdom (SN 44.1), September, 2014
Three Discourses concerning Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (AN 8.51-53), December, 2014
Reference:
Geography of Early Buddhism by Bimala Churn Law, May 2014
Three Alternate Divisions of the Buddha’s Words, August 2014
Known Nun Disciples of the Buddha, October 2014
Grammar and Prosody:
Tisuttanirutti, A Grammatical Analysis of the Maṅgala, Ratana and Mettā Discourses, March 2014
A Practical Guide to Pāḷi Grammar, August 2014
Grammatical Terms compiled by Bhikkhu Nyanamoli, May 2014
Additions and Changes during 2013:
Important Changes:
January: Added a Flipbooks page where all the PDFs with Full Colour Covers can be viewed and read.
mp3 Audio Files:
Namakkārapāḷi, The Reverence Text, April 2011
Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdayam, The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, August 2013
The Enumeration and Explanation of the Conditions, October 2013
Texts and Translations:
Namakkārapāḷi, The Reverence Text, April 2013
Tigumbacetiyathomanā-Hṛdayam, Praise of the Tigumba Shrine, August 2013
Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdayam, The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, August 2013
Paccayuddesaniddesa, The Enumeration and Explanation of the Conditions, October 2013
English Texts:
Arahat Saṅghamittā’s Story, June 2013
The Enumeration and Explanation of the Conditions, October 2013
Maps:
Indian Buddhist Art Schools (6 maps)
Additions and Changes during 2012:
Important Changes:
February: Revised the Maps Section and Remade the PDF to include all Maps.
August: The Growth of the Buddha Sāsana Maps Completely Revised:
Sāsanavaḍḍhana (11 maps)
August: Added .epub and .mobi versions for the Text and Translations section of the website (available from each page, or in a zip from the downloads page).
mp3 Audio Files:
Why the Buddha Suffered, January 2011
Asoka and the Missions, August 2012
Saṅkhakathā (from DhpA 290)
or: Paccekabuddhas Teach Awakening, October 2012
Original Texts and Studies:
Pubbakammapilotika-Buddhāpadānaṁ, February 2012
Texts and Translations:
The Connection with Previous Deeds, February 2012
Asoka and the Missions (revised and expanded edition), August 2012
Saṅkhakathā (from DhpA 290)
or: Paccekabuddhas Teach Awakening, October 2012
English Texts:
Buddhakhetta and Buddhāpadāna, February 2012
Why the Buddha Suffered, February 2012
Asoka and the Missions (revised and expanded edition), August 2012
Saṅkha’s Story
or: Paccekabuddhas Teach Awakening (from DhpA 290), October 2012
Reference:
The Foremost and the Eighty Great Disciples, February 2012
Thirty Things that Invariably Happen with the Buddhas, October 2012
Maps:
7 New Maps: India: From the Buddha to Asoka (6 maps) and
King Devanampiyatissa’s Anurādhapūra, June 2012
Additions and Changes during 2011:
January: Added in a toolbar of each of the pages to make it easy to share with others via your favourite social networking site (thanks to Sherril Lim for the suggestion).
January: Added eBooks (.epub and .mobi) to all files in the English Only section.
April: Added navigation links at the bottom of the page (thanks to Ven. Khemaratana for the suggestion).
May: Started using the Yahoo! Media Player for playing the audio files.
September: Completely converted the site to Unicode.
November: Included Flip-Books in English Only Section.
November: Started eBooks page and remade all eBooks.
mp3 Audio Files:
Buddha a poem by Madame A. Christina Albers, January 2011
Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011
Buddhanīti Saṅgaho, March 2011
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa, May 2011
Examples for An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon, May 2011
Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011
Satipaṭṭhānavibhanga, October 2011
The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (DN 22), revised October 2011
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011
Original Texts and Studies:
Buddhanīti Saṅgaho, February 2011
Bhikkhunīsaṁyuttaṁ, September 2011
Mahsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ, October 2011
Satipaṭṭhānavibhango, October 2011
Texts and Translations:
Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011
Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011
The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (DN 22), revised October 2011
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011
English Texts:
Buddha a poem by Madame A. Christina Albers, January 2011
Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011
Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011
The Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011
Grammar and Prosody:
Pārāyanavagga, 2nd Revised Edition, March 2011
Light on Pāḷi Pronunciation (Ledi Sayadaw), October 2011
Reference:
Simple Buddhist-Christian Era Conversion Forms, May 2011
Calculator for Monastic Dawn and Midday, September 2011
Additions and Changes during 2010:
Changes:
March: added the ability to set the font to Unicode through a javascript replace operation and change of style sheet.
May: made a new Unicode font ITM_TFY_UNI, which contains all the characters that are necessary for the documents on this website.
August: changed the license of the works on this website, see the Copyright Notice.
October: completed recording all the English texts, which are now available from the Audio Page or from the various files in the English Only section.
mp3 Audio Files:
The Earliest Recorded Discourses of the Buddha, January 2010
Garland of Birth Stories, January 2010
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, June 2010
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, June 2010
The Discourse about Suitable Deeds, August 2010
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk, August 2010
The Discourse that Set the Dharma-Wheel Rolling (from Lalitavistara), August 2010
Reading of The Explanation and Analysis of Conditional Origination from the Beginning, August 2010
Reading of The Buddha’s Journey from Uruvilva to Rsipatana, August 2010
Naḷinika’s Story or: The Seduction of an Innocent, September 2010
Introduction to the Story of the Cuckoo or: The Buddha goes to War, September 2010
Reading of The Short Readings, September 2010
Reading of The Buddha-carita of Aśvaghoṣa, October 2010
Original Texts and Studies:
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art by A. Foucher, November 2010
Naḷinikājātakavaṇṇanā (Jā 526)
Texts and Translations:
Naḷinikājātakavaṇṇanā (Jā 526)
Naḷinika’s Story or: The Seduction of an Innocent, August 2010
English Texts:
Garland of Birth Stories, January 2010
Naḷinika’s Story
or: The Seduction of an Innocent (Jā 526), August 2010
The Introduction to the Story of the Cuckoo
or: The Buddha goes to War (from Jā 536), August 2010
Garland of Birth Stories, January 2010
Additions and Changes during 2009:
Changes:
February: enabled the ability to add comments to any page. I am hoping this will make it is easier to receive feedback about the works, and to facilitate picking up typos, mistakes, etc.
mp3 Audio Files:
The Discourse about the Belief Systems, January 2009
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk, January 2009
The Discourse about Suitable Deeds, March 2009
Texts and Translations:
Titthāyatanasuttaṁ
The Discourse about the Belief Systems, January 2009
Paṭhamakathāvatthusuttaṁ
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk, January 2009
Pattakammasuttaṁ
The Discourse about Suitable Deeds, March 2009
Uruvilvāto ṣipatanaṁ Gamanaṁ
The Journey from Uruvilvā to ṣipatana, May 2009
Dharmacakrapravartanasūtram
The Discourse that Set the Dharma-Wheel Rolling, August 2009
Mahāmaṅgalasuttaṁ
The Discourse on the Great Blessings (an analysis), December 2009
Original Texts and Studies:
Introduction to the Early Buddhist Texts in Sanskritised Prākṛt, September 2009
Mahākhandhako (Mv 1-4), August 2009
English Texts:
The Discourse on the Belief Systems, January 2009
The Discourse on the Bases for Talk, January 2009
The Discourse about Suitable deeds, March 2009
The Discourse on Arising and Ceasing (The Fourth Discourse of the Buddha), May 2009
The Explanation and Analysis of Conditional Origination from the Beginning, May 2009
The Journey from Uruvilvā to ṣipatana, May 2009
The Discourse that Set the Dharma-Wheel Rolling, August 2009
Maps:
Some Maps illustrating the Growth of the Dispensation, May 2009
Additions and Changes during 2008:
Changes:
April: a new version of the ITM font (Version 1.5) has been posted in April 2008, which interchanges the dot over m (ṁ) and dot under m (ṃ) characters. This has been done to bring the diacritics into compliance with ISO and Unicode. Only the newer versions of the pdf files will show the new characters, but the html will display correctly once the new font is installed.
May: a new section containing Maps of Ancient Buddhist India has been created. A number of the maps have been prepared specially for this section, and others accompany particular texts and translations that are presented elsewhere on this website. The intention is to add to this section as and when the need arises.
May: added a Links page to other Buddhist Websites and Resources. This will be a selective list and I will add more in as and when I come across material.
June: My photographs can now be seen in slideshows which are being embedded from my Picasa web albums.
June: Added in new Cascading Style Sheets option so that the style of the font can be changed as required from Times-style (ITM_TMS) to Bookman-style (ITM_BKM). This facility is available from the downloads page.
July: Added new Reference section.
mp3 Audio Files:
Exalted Utterances, February 2008
The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, March 2008
The Great Emancipation, July 2008
The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold, August 2008
Meditation Discourses, November 2008
Doctrinal Discourses, November 2008
Buddhist Texts and Studies:
Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ
The Discourse about the Great Emancipation, June 2008
Texts and Translations:
Dakkhiṇavibhaṅgasuttaṁ
The Analysis of Offerings, February 2008
Titthāyatanasuttaṁ
The Belief Systems, February 2008
Mettabhavana (Universal Edition), February 2008
Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ
The Discourse about the Great Emancipation, June 2008
Ānāpānasatisuttaṁ
The Discourse about Mindfulness while Breathing, November 2008
Kāyagatāsatisuttaṁ - The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body, November 2008
English Texts:
The Discourse on the Belief Systems (AN 3.61), February 2008
The Discourse giving the Analysis of Offerings (MN 142), February 2008
The Discourse about the Great Emancipation, June 2008
The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold (August, 2008)
The Discourse about Mindfulness while Breathing (MN. 118), November 2008
The Second Discourse giving an Analysis of the Faculties (SN 48.10), November 2008
The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body (MN. 119), November 2008
Changes and Additions during 2007:
The website in now being regularly updated and the idea of “editions” has been dropped. I will list in the History page the documents added during each year, and give a list of recent documents on the home page. I have also introduced feeds so people can keep receive a notice when new documents are released.
An Audio section was introduced with recordings of some of the material on this website.
The photographs were moved to a Picasa Web Album in June 2007.
mp3 Audio Files:
The Life of the Victorious Buddha, June 2007
The Way to the Beyond, June 2007
Buddhist Texts:
Patna Dharmapada, October 2007
Buddha-carita in Devanāgarī letters (PDF file only), March 2007
A Pocketbook of Protection Chants (revised edition), December 2007
Texts and Translations:
Satipaṭṭhānavibhaṅgo, March 2007
Pārāyanavagga - The Way to the Beyond (Revised Translation), May 2007
English Texts:
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, March 2007
The Long Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, April 2007
Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, April 2007
The Way to the Beyond (Revised Translation), May 2007
Grammar and Prosody:
Three New Articles on Prosody (by Moore, Basham, and Warder), November 2007
Chandaḥśāstra in Devanāgarī letters (PDF file only), March 2007
Vṛttaratnākara in Devanāgarī letters (PDF file only), March 2007
Śrutabodha in Devanāgarī letters (PDF file only), March 2007
5th Edition, December 2006:
Additional Documents:
Buddhist Texts:
The Uraga Verses (Pāḷi, Sanskritised Prākṛṭ, Gāndhārī, English)
BJT Pātimokkhapāḷi in Sinhala letters
Texts and Translations:
Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha (Pāḷi, English)
English Only:
The Life of the Victorious Buddha (English)
Grammar and Prosody:
Navapadamañjarī (Pāḷi, English)
Franklin Edgerton on Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (Prosody, Sanskritised Prākṛṭ)
Photographs:
This section was completely remade and reorganised in December of 2006. There are now more photos available, and the section has been made easier to update as I gather new material.
Notes:
The site was converted to the XHTML 1.0 standard in September, 2006.
4th Revised Edition, June 2006:
Additional Documents:
Buddhist Texts:
Texts and Translations:
Blessing Chants in Roman and Sinhala letters
Daily Chanting in Roman and Sinhala letters
Notes
The site now has two search engines to help find the documents on the site, and the metres listed in the Metre Tables; and most of the frames documents have been converted so that the notes appear as tool tips, which I think is much more convenient, and saves screen space.
4th Edition, December 2006:
Font: ITM_TMS
Sections: Buddhist Texts, Texts and Translations, Texts in English Only; Prosody: Texts and Studies; Photographs
Additional Documents:
Buddhist Texts:
Udānavarga, 2nd edition, & Complete Word Index
Texts & Translations:
Buddhacarita, or The Life of Buddha
Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ (Text & Translation)
Mettabhāvanā (Text & Translation)
Narasīhagāthā (Text & Translation)
Grammar and Prosody:
Metre Tables (Chandaḥprasthāra)
Collections:
BJT Khuddakanikāya Volume One (PDF) & Indexes
Pāḷi Prosody: Texts and Studies
Sanskrit Prosody
Notes
The whole site has now been converted to CSS standard.
I have also introduced a section for my photographs.
Revised 3rd Edition, April 2005:
New font introduced: ITM_TMS
Sections: Buddhist Texts and Studies; Texts and Translations; Texts in English Only; Prosody: Texts and Studies
Notes
All documents are now available in Portable Document Format (PDF), with the font embedded. Suitable for printing.
The Html documents now have the font embedded suitable for Internet Explorer (4+). Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScripts introduced.
Many of the documents have been divided into smaller sections to make navigation easier.
3rd Edition, November 2004:
Font: Sangayana, Version 2
Sections: Buddhist Texts and Studies; Texts and Translations; Translations in English Only; Prosody: Texts and Studies
Additional Documents:
Buddhist Texts and Studies:
Sanskrit Udānavarga
A Comparative Edition of the Dhammapada
Notes
Introduced Samples in PDF Format section with the following documents:
New Khuddakapāṭha
BJT Pātimokkha
Ratanasutta
A Comparative Edition of the Dhammapada
Dhammacakkappavattanasuttaṁ
Pārāyanavagga
Advice to Rāhula
Analysis of the Truths
Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon
Śrutabodha
The Pronunciation of Pāḷi
Corrections were also incorporated into a number of the documents, most notably the translation of the Udāna, Exalted Utterances, which has been completely revised.
The whole website has been reformatted, providing backgrounds and a navigation bar.
2nd Edition, March 2004:
Font: Sangayana, Version 2
Sections: Buddhist Texts, Texts and Translations, Texts in English Only; Prosody: Texts and Studies
Additional Documents:
Texts and Translations:
Udāna - Exalted Utterances
Ven Nārada’s Dhammapada
English Texts:
The Supplementary Readings
Exalted Utterances
The Way to the Beyond
E.B. Cowell’s The Buddha Carita or The Life of the Buddha
The Long Discourse Giving Advice to Rāhula
The Discourse Concerning Māluṅkyaputta
The Discourse that Set the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
The Discourse to Girimānanda
The Discourse giving the Analysis of the Truths
Prosody: Texts and Studies:
Śrī Piṅgala’s Chandaḥ Śāstra
A Comparative Table of the Metres found in ChŚā, VR, & Vutt
Notes
Corrections were also incorporated into a number of the documents
Revised 1st Edition, September 2003:
Font: Sangayana, Version 2
Sections: Texts, Texts and Translations, Textual Studies & Reference
Additional Documents:
Texts:
A Comparison of the Pāḷi Udāna and the Sanskrit Udānavarga
Textual Studies & Reference:
2nd Revised Edition of An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon (so renamed)
Śrutabodha
Vṛttaratnākara
Notes
Corrections were also incorporated into a number of the documents
1st Edition, November 2002:
Font: Sangayana, Version 1
Sections: Texts, Texts and Translations, Textual Studies & Reference
Documents:
Texts:
BJT Khuddakapāṭhapāḷi
New Khuddakapāṭha
BJT Dhammapadapāḷi
New Dhammapada
BJT Udānapāḷi
BJT Itivuttakapāḷi
BJT Bhikkhupātimokkhapāḷi
Catubhāṇavārapāḷi
Ratanasuttam - A Comparative Edition
Texts and Translations:
Pārāyanavagga
Pūjā & Pirit
Safeguard Recitals
Caturārakkhā
Dhammacakkappavattanasuttaṁ
Girimānandasuttaṁ
Karaṇīyamettasuttaṁ
Khuddakapāṭha
Mahārāhulovādasuttaṁ
Mālunkyaputtasuttaṁ
Saccavibhaṅghasuttaṁ
Textual Studies & Reference:
Pāḷi Prosody - An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon
The Pronunciation of Pāḷi
Pārāyanavagga - A Critical Edition
Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa