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Sati, Memory, and Wisdom. Response to Ven. Anālayo’s “Mindfulness Constructs in Early Buddhism and Theravāda: Another Contribution to the Memory Debate”

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Abbreviations

AN:

Aṅguttara Nikāya

Be :

Burmese transmission

MW:

Monier Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary

Nidd I:

Mahāniddesa, ed. L. de La Vallée Poussin, E.J. Thomas, PTS London 1978

Nidd 2:

Cullaniddesa, ed. W. Stede, PTS London 1916

Paṭis:

Paṭisambhidāmagga, Arnold C. Taylor, PTS Oxford 1905–2003

Ps:

Papañcasūdanī (Majjhimanikāyaṭṭhakathā), I. B. Horner, PTS London 1933–1976

Skt.:

Sanskrit

Sn:

Sutta Nipāta, ed. D. Andersen, H. Smith, PTS London 1913

SN:

Samyutta Nikāya (English translation: Bodhi 2000)

Sv:

Sumaṅgalavilāsinī (Dīghanikāya-aṭṭhakathā), T. W. Rhys Davids and J. E. Carpenter, PTS London 1886–1932

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Levman, B. Sati, Memory, and Wisdom. Response to Ven. Anālayo’s “Mindfulness Constructs in Early Buddhism and Theravāda: Another Contribution to the Memory Debate”. Mindfulness 9, 1981–1986 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-1008-y

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