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Tipitaka Editions in Markdown showcases all the major versions of the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka (5 editions) converted to Markdown in five separate Github repositories, and this site allows the various versions to be viewed and compared.
Using The World Tipiṭaka Edition (WT) as the canonical base text, the reader dynamically renders texts directly from the repositories, with instant links to view raw Markdown, download .md files, and explore on GitHub. Because the reader is dynamically constructed from what is currently in the repos, the site remains lightweight, fast, and does not need to be rebuilt when the underlying text files are updated.
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The reader includes full Pāḷi grammar dictionary lookup on hover and tap, as well as dynamic transliteration between Roman (IAST), Sinhala (සිංහල), Thai (ไทย), Burmese (မြန်မာ), Devanagari (देवनागरी), and Brahmi (𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻).
🏛️ The 5 editions of the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka
All canonical texts are published in open Markdown format across the repositories of the tipitaka-md GitHub organization:
🌟 World Tipiṭaka Edition (WT)
The 40-volume Roman-script World Tipiṭaka Edition (Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500, 2020 Edition) produced under the patronage of the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Converted from HTML into 20,190+ structured Markdown files organized by volume, vagga, and sutta, serving as the canonical base text for collation.
🇬🇧 Pali Text Society (PTS)
The pioneering European Roman-script critical edition founded by T.W. Rhys Davids in 1881. Converted from TEI-encoded XML archive files into 372 clean Markdown documents split by sutta, chapter, and vagga, preserving all original volume and page citation anchors.
🇱🇰 Buddha Jayanthi (BJ)
The official 57-volume Sri Lankan Government commemorative edition (1956–1989). Converted from proofread digital JSON documents and transliterated from Sinhala to standard Roman IAST using Aksharamukha, covering 285 files across Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma, and Aṭṭhakathā with all 28,967 printed page citations and footnotes.
🇲🇲 Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (CST)
The authoritative Sixth Buddhist Council text (1954–1956, Yangon) digitized by the Vipassana Research Institute. Converted deterministically from CST4 XML across 217 books into structured Markdown covering Mūla, Aṭṭhakathā, and Ṭīkā, with preserved variant readings and footnotes.
🇹🇭 Royal Thai Edition (RT)
The 45-volume Syāmaraṭṭhassa Tepiṭakaṃ published under King Prajadhipok (Rama VII, 1925–1928). Extracted from relational SQL tables and transliterated from Thai script to Roman IAST using Aksharamukha, covering all 45 volumes, 21,915 printed pages, and 17,090 variant footnotes.
📖 Table of Contents
Explore every book of the Tipiṭaka across the 5 Markdown editions. Click any book to open in the reader:
Vinayapiṭaka (Monastic Law)
5 BooksThe disciplinary rules, moral precepts, and communal legal proceedings of the monastic Sangha.
Pārājikapāḷi
Verañjakaṇḍa and the fundamental rules of defeat (Pārājika), Sanghādisesa, Aniyata, and Nissaggiya Pācittiya.
Pācittiyapāḷi
Rules requiring expiation (Pācittiya), confession (Pāṭidesanīya), and the comprehensive training rules for nuns.
Mahāvaggapāḷi
The awakening under the Bodhi tree, first sermon (Dhammacakkappavattanasutta), and rules on ordination, Uposatha, and rains-residence.
Cūḷavaggapāḷi
Rules for dwellings, schisms, handling grievances, and the historic chronicles of the First and Second Buddhist Councils.
Parivārapāḷi
Analytical compendium and catechism summarizing all monastic disciplines and ecclesiastical rulings.
Suttantapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya (Long Discourses)
3 Books · 34 SuttasThe collection of lengthy discourses establishing Buddhist ontology, ethics, and cosmological frameworks.
Sīlakkhandhavaggapāḷi
The Section on Moral Discipline, including the Brahmajālasutta (all 62 views) and Sāmaññaphalasutta.
Mahāvaggapāḷi
The Great Section, including Mahāparinibbānasutta (the Buddha’s final days) and Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta.
Pāthikavaggapāḷi
The Pāthika Section, including Cakkavattisīhanādasutta, Sigālovādasutta (lay ethics), and Saṅgītisutta.
Suttantapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya (Middle-Length Discourses)
3 Books · 152 SuttasThe heart of early Buddhist meditation, psychology, and philosophical dialogues.
Mūlapaṇṇāsapāḷi
The Root 50 discourses: Mūlapariyāyasutta, Satipaṭṭhānasutta, Bhayabheravasutta, and Ariyapariyesanasutta.
Majjhimapaṇṇāsapāḷi
The Middle 50 discourses: discussions with householders, non-Buddhists, kings, and the conversion of Aṅgulimāla.
Uparipaṇṇāsapāḷi
The Final 52 discourses: profound teachings on emptiness (Suññatā), mindfulness of breathing (Ānāpānassati), and Dhamma analysis.
Suttantapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya (Connected Discourses)
5 Books · 56 SaṁyuttasDiscourses thematic grouping across dependent origination, the five aggregates, sense bases, and the noble path.
Sagāthāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi
Connected discourses with verses: dialogues with devas, Sakka, Māra, and the Kosala Saṁyutta.
Nidānavaggasaṁyuttapāḷi
Connected discourses on causation: the 12 links of Dependent Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda).
Khandhavaggasaṁyuttapāḷi
Connected discourses on the Five Aggregates (Khandha): form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.
Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyuttapāḷi
Connected discourses on the Six Sense Bases (Saḷāyatana) and the unmanifested (Asaṅkhata).
Mahāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi
The Great Section on the wings to awakening: Noble Eightfold Path, Bojjhaṅgas, Satipaṭṭhāna, and the Four Noble Truths (Saccasaṁyutta).
Suttantapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya (Numerical Discourses)
3 Volumes · 11 NipātasDiscourses arranged numerically from the Book of the Ones up to the Book of the Elevens.
Ekaka–Catukkanipātapāḷi
Books of the Ones, Twos, Threes (including the famous Kālāmasutta), and Fours.
Pañcaka–Sattakanipātapāḷi
Books of the Fives (e.g. Five Daily Recollections), Sixes, and Sevens.
Aṭṭhaka–Ekādasakanipātapāḷi
Books of the Eights, Nines, Tens (e.g. Ten Fetters), and Elevens.
Suttantapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya (Minor Collection)
15 Major Collections / 15 VolumesThe diverse collection of devotional, poetic, doctrinal, and analytical texts.
Khuddakapāṭhapāḷi
The Short Passages: Mangalasutta, Ratanasutta, and Tirokuḍḍasutta.
Dhammapadapāḷi
The immortal 423 verses of the Buddha organized into 26 vaggas.
Udānapāḷi
Exclamations of joy and inspired utterances, including the parable of the blind men and the elephant.
Itivuttakapāḷi
Thus Was It Said: short memorable discourses beginning with “vuttaṁ hetaṁ bhagavatā”.
Suttanipātapāḷi
Poetic masterpieces from early Buddhism: Uragavagga, Cūḷavagga, Mahāvagga, Aṭṭhakavagga, and Pārāyanavagga.
Vimānavatthupāḷi
Stories of celestial mansions attained through virtuous deeds and generosity.
Petavatthupāḷi
Stories of the hungry shades demonstrating the karmic consequences of unwholesome actions.
Theragāthāpāḷi
Verses of the Elder Monks celebrating liberation, solitude in nature, and meditative insight.
Therīgāthāpāḷi
Verses of the Elder Nuns commemorating their spiritual attainments and freedom.
Therāpadānapāḷi
Biographical chronicles in verse of the foremost elder disciples and arahats.
Buddhavaṁsapāḷi
The Chronicle of the Buddhas: life accounts of the 24 historical Buddhas preceding Gotama.
Cariyāpiṭakapāḷi
The Basket of Conduct: 35 stories illustrating the Bodhisatta’s perfection of the Ten Pāramīs.
Jātakapāḷi (Vols 22 & 23)
The 547 birth stories in verse recounting previous lives of the Bodhisatta.
Mahāniddesapāḷi & Cūḷaniddesa
The ancient exegetical commentary attributed to Venerable Sāriputta on the Suttanipāta.
Paṭisambhidāmaggapāḷi
The Path of Discrimination: systematic exposition of the four analytical knowledges and insight meditation.
Milindapañhapāḷi & Associated Texts
Questions of King Menander with Ven. Nāgasena, alongside Nettippakaraṇa and Peṭakopadesa.
Abhidhammapiṭaka (Higher Teachings)
7 Treatises · 12 VolumesThe ultimate philosophical and phenomenological analysis of consciousness, mental factors, matter, and Nibbāna.
Dhammasaṅgaṇīpāḷi
The fundamental matrix of ultimate realities: classification of consciousness (Citta), mental factors (Cetasika), and matter (Rūpa).
Vibhaṅgapāḷi
Detailed analytical expositions of aggregates, sense bases, elements, truths, faculties, and dependent origination.
Dhātukathāpāḷi
Precise catechism determining whether mental phenomena are included in or associated with elements and sense spheres.
Puggalapaññattipāḷi
Systematic characterization of human individuals and stages of spiritual attainment modeled on the Aṅguttaranikāya.
Kathāvatthupāḷi
Refutation of 216 sectarian doctrinal heresies composed by Ven. Moggaliputtatissa at the Third Council.
Yamakapāḷi (Vols 33Y1, 34Y6, 35Y9)
Rigorous two-way logical inquiries testing the scope and definitions of Tipiṭaka psychological concepts.
Paṭṭhānapāḷi (Vols 36P1–40P7)
The monumental pinnacle of Abhidhamma: universal conditional relations across 24 causal conditions (Paccaya).