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The Library

The commentaries, on the shelf

Forty-seven volumes of aṭṭhakathā — on the four great Nikāyas, the Khuddaka collection, the Vinaya and the Abhidhamma — complete in English draft, with the Pali beside every paragraph. Take one down and read it.

Nothing here has been reviewed yet. This is the project's own draft translation, published so that it can be checked. Read it as a draft, cite it as a draft, and tell us where it is wrong.

DĪGHA NIKĀYA

3 volumes · 4,312 paragraphs

Sīlakkhandhavaggavol. 1 · 1,492 paragraphs Mahāvaggavol. 2 · 1,701 paragraphs Pāthikavaggavol. 3 · 1,119 paragraphs

MAJJHIMA NIKĀYA

3 volumes · 5,355 paragraphs

Mūlapaṇṇāsavol. 1 · 2,910 paragraphs Majjhimapaṇṇāsavol. 2 · 1,339 paragraphs Uparipaṇṇāsavol. 3 · 1,106 paragraphs

SAṀYUTTA NIKĀYA

5 volumes · 4,728 paragraphs

Sagāthāvaggavol. 1 · 1,467 paragraphs Nidānavaggavol. 2 · 978 paragraphs Khandhavaggavol. 3 · 491 paragraphs Saḷāyatanavaggavol. 4 · 788 paragraphs Mahāvaggavol. 5 · 1,004 paragraphs

AṄGUTTARA NIKĀYA

4 volumes · 4,938 paragraphs

Ekakanipātavol. 1 · 1,603 paragraphs Duka–Catukkanipātavol. 2 · 1,646 paragraphs Pañcaka–Sattakanipātavol. 3 · 929 paragraphs Aṭṭhaka–Ekādasakanipātavol. 4 · 760 paragraphs

KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA

24 volumes · 85,169 paragraphs

Khuddakapāṭhavol. 1 · 1,235 paragraphs Dhammapadavol. 2 · 5,231 paragraphs Udānavol. 3 · 1,688 paragraphs Itivuttakavol. 4 · 1,759 paragraphs Suttanipātavol. 5 · 2,689 paragraphs Vimānavatthuvol. 6 · 4,017 paragraphs Petavatthuvol. 7 · 3,236 paragraphs Theragāthāvol. 8 · 5,412 paragraphs Theragāthāvol. 9 · 6,605 paragraphs Therīgāthāvol. 10 · 4,548 paragraphs Apadānavol. 11 · 3,875 paragraphs Buddhavaṃsavol. 12 · 4,137 paragraphs Cariyāpiṭakavol. 13 · 2,126 paragraphs Jātakavol. 14 · 2,970 paragraphs Jātakavol. 15 · 2,847 paragraphs Jātakavol. 16 · 4,730 paragraphs Jātakavol. 17 · 6,654 paragraphs Jātakavol. 18 · 5,062 paragraphs Jātakavol. 19 · 3,683 paragraphs Jātakavol. 20 · 6,457 paragraphs Mahāniddesavol. 21 · 1,833 paragraphs Cūḷaniddesavol. 22 · 753 paragraphs Paṭisambhidāmaggavol. 23 · 2,526 paragraphs Nettippakaraṇavol. 24 · 1,096 paragraphs

VINAYA PIṬAKA

5 volumes · 6,692 paragraphs

Pārājikakaṇḍavol. 1 · 2,974 paragraphs Pācittiyakaṇḍavol. 2 · 1,466 paragraphs Mahāvaggavol. 3 · 922 paragraphs Cūḷavaggavol. 4 · 669 paragraphs Parivāravol. 5 · 661 paragraphs

ABHIDHAMMA PIṬAKA

3 volumes · 7,446 paragraphs

Dhammasaṅgaṇīvol. 1 · 2,489 paragraphs Vibhaṅgavol. 2 · 2,346 paragraphs Pañcappakaraṇavol. 3 · 2,611 paragraphs