<p>As I keep looking myself, this seems to be less well-specified than one might hope. But a couple of useful things so far lead me to one option being something like: </p>

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  <p><em>DN 16 (PTS DN ii 72)</em></p>
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<p>Trouble is, although that's probably quite a precise form, it's for the Pali. See below for the references that help explain it.</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org" rel="nofollow">Access to Insight</a>, as always, has <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/abbrev.html" rel="nofollow"><strong><em>something useful to say</em></strong></a>. Unfortunately, the especially relevant-looking link in <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/abbrev.html#fn-1x" rel="nofollow">note #1</a> at the bottom of that page is dead. However, I googled for the title and I think I found it, or something like it as follows:</li>
<li><a href="http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebsut028.htm#Canon" rel="nofollow"><strong><em>The Contents and Structure of the Pali Canon and its Commentaries</em></strong></a> on <a href="http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebsut028.htm" rel="nofollow">this page</a> at <a href="http://www.budsas.org/index.htm" rel="nofollow">BuddhaSasana</a>. (I also searched for it on <a href="https://ukabs.org.uk" rel="nofollow">https://ukabs.org.uk</a>, which is the organization that AtoI's reference suggests originally hosted the document, but I couldn't find it).</li>
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I have been having the same problem: http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/3770/tripitaka-section-numbering. Perhaps if you can find a PDF copy of the latter books this might help solving this.
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Thanks Suminda. I've added a link to your question since it's almost certainly going to be useful to anyone interested in mine.
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<p>Is there anything for Buddhist texts equivalent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_citation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">typical way</a> of citing Biblical verses? (e.g. John 1:1)</p>

<p>[Related question on <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/3770/tripitaka-section-numbering">Tripitaka Section Numbering</a>.]</p>

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Is there a standard way to cite Buddhist scriptures?
# Is there a standard way to cite Buddhist scriptures?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-20)

Is there anything for Buddhist texts equivalent to the [typical way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_citation) of citing Biblical verses? (e.g. John 1:1)

[Related question on [Tripitaka Section Numbering](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/3770/tripitaka-section-numbering).]

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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-04-20. Score: 1

As I keep looking myself, this seems to be less well-specified than one might hope. But a couple of useful things so far lead me to one option being something like:

> *DN 16 (PTS DN ii 72)*

Trouble is, although that's probably quite a precise form, it's for the Pali. See below for the references that help explain it.

* [Access to Insight](http://www.accesstoinsight.org), as always, has [***something useful to say***](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/abbrev.html). Unfortunately, the especially relevant-looking link in [note #1](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/abbrev.html#fn-1x) at the bottom of that page is dead. However, I googled for the title and I think I found it, or something like it as follows:
* [***The Contents and Structure of the Pali Canon and its Commentaries***](http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebsut028.htm#Canon) on [this page](http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebsut028.htm) at [BuddhaSasana](http://www.budsas.org/index.htm). (I also searched for it on <https://ukabs.org.uk>, which is the organization that AtoI's reference suggests originally hosted the document, but I couldn't find it).

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I have been having the same problem: http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/3770/tripitaka-section-numbering. Perhaps if you can find a PDF copy of the latter books this might help solving this.  
> **username_0**: Thanks Suminda. I've added a link to your question since it's almost certainly going to be useful to anyone interested in mine.  

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