user199: Is there anything for Buddhist texts equivalent to the typical way of citing Biblical verses? (e.g. John 1:1)
[Related question on Tripitaka Section Numbering.]

user199: 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, as always, has something useful to say. Unfortunately, the especially relevant-looking link in note #1 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 on this page at BuddhaSasana. (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).


199: <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>
 199: <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>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>DN 16 (PTS DN ii 72)</em></p>
</blockquote>

<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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