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## Bibliography

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### Primary sources

For the Pali Canon and commentaries, I have relied on the editions published in Bangkok by Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press and the BUDSIR CD-ROM version prepared by Mahidol University.

### Secondary sources and translations

Amarabhirakkhit (Amaro Koed), Phra. Pubbasikkha Vannana (in Thai). Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, 1970.

Buddhaghosa, Bhadantacariya. The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga). Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ña.namoli. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1975.

____________ Samanta-Pasadika. 7 vols. Translated from the Pali into Thai by H. H. the Supreme Patriarch, Juan Utthayi Mahathera. Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, 1974-85.

Dhirasekhera, Jotiya. Buddhist Monastic Discipline: A Study of its Origins and Development in Relation to the Sutta and Vinaya Pitakas. Colombo: M. D. Gunasena, 1982.

Frauwallner, E. The Earliest Vinaya and the Beginnings of Buddhist Literature. Rome: Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1956.

Gombrich, Richard. "Making Mountains without Molehills: The Case of the Missing Stupa," Journal of the Pali Text Society 15(1990), 141-143.

Grero, C. Ananda. An Analysis of the Theravada Vinaya in the Light of Modern Legal Philosophy. Colombo: Karunaratne & Sons Ltd, 1996.

Hallisey, Charles. "The Pali Vinaya as a Historical Document. A Reply to Gregory Schopen." Journal of the Pali Text Society 15 (1990), 197-208.

Hinüber, O. von. "Khandhakavatta. Loss of Text in the Pali Vinaya," Journal of the Pali Text Society 15 (1990), 127-138.

Holt, John C. Discipline: The Canonical Buddhism of the Vinaya Pitaka. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981.

Horner, I. B., trans. The Book of Discipline. 6 vols. London: Pali Text Society, 1970-86.

Ratnapala, Nandasena. Crime and Punishment in the Buddhist Tradition. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1993.

Schopen, Gregory. Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1996.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The Buddhist Monastic Code: The Patimokkha Rules Translated and Explained. 2d. ed. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1996.

Vajirañanavarorasa, Krom Phraya. The Entrance to the Vinaya (Vinaya Mukha). 3 vols. Translated from the Thai. Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, 1969-83.

____________. Ordination Procedure and Preliminary Duties of a New Bhikkhu. Translated from the Thai. Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, 1989.

____________ Vinaya Mukha (in Thai). 3 vols. Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, 1992.

Warder, A. K. Outline of Indian Philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1971.

Wijayaratna, Mohan. Buddhist Monastic Life. Translated from the French by Claude Grangier and Steven Collins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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