Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.5

v1.c6.5

Potential trouble also lurks with regard to the hyphen. Generally speaking, the names of Jātakas and Suttas are given without a hyphen—e.g., **Kapi Jataka**, **Kavi Sutta**—and these words follow the usual order. Thus **Kapi Sutta** is given before **Kapiṭṭha** and **Kavi Sutta** before **Kaviṭṭhavana**. Where a word is hyphened, either because it is a true compound or merely for convenience, it is regarded as a single word. The presence or absence of a hyphen affects the order, and a certain amount of circumspection is, therefore, requested in looking for compound names, or those that appear to be so.