Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c4.5

v1.c4.5

When I came to examine the materials at my disposal I found that I had undertaken a truly stupendous task. Müller’s plan, in general, was to give a name and a description of it, followed by a series of references—e.g., “Yasa, son of Kākaṇḍaka; took a principal part at the Council of Vesāli, C. xii. 1, 1 et seq., 2. 1 et seq.; Smp. 293, 312; Dpv. v. 23; Mah. 15-19, 42.” In his bibliography he indicated that he had indexed the Vinaya Piṭaka, the Majjhima, Aṅguttara and Saṃyutta Nikāyas, the Mahāparinibbāṇa and Sāmaññaphala Suttas of the Digha Nikāya, the Sutta Nipāta, the Thera- and Theri-gāthā, Udāna, Buddhavamsa, Cariyāpiṭaka, Dhammapada (text only), the Jātaka, Puggalapaññatti, the Mahāvaṃsa and Dīpavaṃsa and the Milindapañha, and, of the Commentaries, the first volume of the Sumaṅgala-Vilāsinī, the portion of the Samantapāsādikā quoted in Vol. III. of Oldenberg’s Vinaya, and a few extracts from the Paramatthadīpanī on the Udāna and Thera- and Theri-gāthā. I soon discovered, however, that except in the case of the Vinaya Piṭaka and the Dīpavaṃsa there were numerous and serious omissions.