- DN
- Dīgha Nikāya, The Long Discourses (the number refers to the sutta)
- MN
- Majjhima Nikāya, The Middle Length Discourses (the number refers to the sutta)
- SN
- Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses, (the first number refers to the division into groups or saṃyuttas, the second number to the sutta).
- AN
- Aṅguttara Nikāya, The Numerical Discourses (the first number refers to the main division into parts or nipātas, the second number to the sutta)
- Dhp
- Dhammapada (by verse)
- Ud
- Udāna, The Inspired Utterances (by chapter and sutta)
- Sn
- Suttanipāta, Early Buddhist Poems, (by verse)
- Vism
- Visuddhimagga, The Path of Purification, (by chapter and section)