Important Pāḷi Terms in Variant

abhidhānaganthe
(in the Abhidhānagantha)

This refers to a Burmese script Pali thesaurus called the Abhidhānagantha.

abhidhānappadīpikābhinavanissayaṃ
This refers to a new nissaya of the Abhidhānappadīpikā.

abhidhānappadīpikābhinavanissayaṃ oloketabbaṃ
(the new nissaya of the Abhidhānappadīpikā should be examined)

abyayavagge abhidhānapadīpikāgāthā passitabbā
(the verses of the Abhidhānappadīpikā in the Abyayavagga should be checked)

adholipi
(the footnote)

tattheva adholipi
(the footnote of that very context)
This is used to point out that the particular variant is found in the footnote of that very page of the text.

... ti ādinā vittharena pāṭho dissati
(etc. a detailed reading is seen)

ambaṭṭhasuttādiṭīkā oloketabbā
(the sub-commentary on the Ambaṭṭhasutta etc should be examined)

anantarasutte pana ... tveva sabbatthapi dissati
(with regard to the immediately next sutta, in all editions only <the reading ... > is seen)

ettha ... aññampi guṇapadaṃ dissati
(in this place, another adjective is also seen)

potthakesu imasmiṃ ṭhāne aññathā dissati
(in syā 1-3 editions in this place it is seen differently)

aññaṭṭhānesu pana ... tveva dissati
(indeed in other places it is seen only as ...)

imassānantare aññopi koci pāṭhapadeso aññesu ājīvakavatadīpakasuttesu dissati
(after this, even another portion of reading is seen in the suttas that highlight the ājīvaka vows)

aṭṭhakathā oloketabbā
(the commentary should be examined)

aṭṭhakathāsu pana tabbaṇṇanā dissatiyeva
(in the commentaries is indeed seen its exposition)

etthantare pāṭho videsapotthakesu natthi, aṭṭhakathāsuyeva dissati
(the reading in this interval is not in the foreign editions; it is seen only in the commentaries)

etthantare pāṭho idha na dissati, catukkaṅguttare pana imasmiṃ ṭhāne dissati, aṭṭhakathāṭīkāsu ca tadattho pakāsito, tasmā so ettha paṭipūrito  
(the reading in this interval is not seen here; but it is seen in this place in the Catukkanipāta of the Aṅguttaranikāya; and in the commentaries and sub-commentaries its meaning is expressed; therefore, it is refilled here again)

aṭṭhakathāyaṃ
(in the commentary)
This signifies that the referred reading/exposition is seen in the commentary.  

aṭṭhakathāyaṃ hi ... dissati
(but in the commentary it is seen as ...)

idaṃ padaṃ aṭṭhakathāyaṃ na dissati
(this word is not seen in the commentary)

idaṃ aṭṭhakathāyameva dissati, na pāḷipotthakesu
(this is seen only in the commentary, not in the editions of the texts)

aṭṭhakathāyo oloketabbā
(the commentaries should be examined)

chakkaṅguttaraṭīkā mahāvagge aṭṭhamasuttavaṇṇanā
(the exposition on the eighth sutta in the Mahāvagga of the Chakka-nipāta of the Aṅguttara-Sub-commentary)

ayaṃ nakāro dhamman ti padassa anantaraṃ dissati
(this letter na is seen immediately after the word dhammaṃ)

bahūsu
(in many)
This expresses that in many editions the given variant reading either appears or does not appear.

idaṃ padaṃ bahūsu natthi
(this word is not in many <editions>)

etthantare pāṭho bahūsu natthi
(the reading in this interval is not in many <editions>)

uparisoṇadaṇḍasuttādīsupi buddhaguṇakathāyaṃ evameva dissati
(even in the Uparisoṇadaṇḍasutta etc and in the story of the Buddha qualities, it is seen as this)

... ti aṭṭhakathāyaṃ dassitaṃ, pāḷipotthakesu pana katthacipi na dissati, ... ti ādinā pāṭho bhaveyya
(... is presented in the commentary, but it is not seen in any <edition>; the reading should be ... etc.)

dutiyasuttādīsu pana vāsaddoyeva dissati
(in the second sutta etc. indeed only the word vā is seen)

ṭīkāyaṃ ekapadameva dissati
(in the sub-commentary only one word is seen)

etadeva hi upālittherāpadānaṭṭhakathāyaṃ vaṇṇitaṃ
(this very <word> has indeed been explained in the commentary of  the Upālittherāpadāna)

etthantare pāṭho katthaci natthi
(the reading in this interval is not in some <editions>)

etthantare pāṭho katthaci dissati, aṭṭhakathāyaṃ passitabbo
(the reading in this interval is seen in some <editions>; it should be checked in the commentary)

etthantare gāthā ... potthakesu dissati
(in the editions, a verse is seen in this interval)

evaṃ
(so)
This signifies that it is so or it is the same

evaṃ sabbattha pakabhirūpeneva dissati
(thus in every edition it is seen only in its pakabhi form) ?

uparisoṇadaṇḍasuttādīsupi buddhaguṇakathāyaṃ evameva dissati
(even in the Uparisoṇadaṇḍasutta etc and in the story of the Buddha qualities, it is seen as this)

evamitarapañhattayepi vāsaddena saha dissati
(thus in the other three questions too it is seen with the word vā)

evamuparipi
(infra, so below too)
This signifies that the same reading applies to the next occurrences of the word/s.

evamuparipi īdisesu ṭhānesu
(so below too in the contexts of this nature)

parato pana sabbatthapi ... icceva dissati
(in all other editions, it is seen only as ...)

idha gāthāddhaṃ ūnaṃ viya dissati
(here the half of the verse is seen like deficient)

aññesu īdisasuttesu dissati
(it is seen in other similar suttas)

imasmiṃ ṭhāne sabbattha...ti pāṭho dissati, vimativinodanīṭīkāya mahāvaggavaṇṇanā oloketabbā
(in this context in all editions the reading ... is presentedṇ the exposition on  the Mahāvagga of the Vimativinodanīṭīkā should be examined)

imassānantare aññopi koci pāṭhapadeso aññesu ājīvakavatadīpakasuttesu dissati
(after this, even another portion of reading is seen in the suttas that highlight the ājīvaka vows)

itipāṭho sabbattha natthi, ūno maññe
(this reading does not exist in all editions, it could presumably be a deficiency)

sabbatthāpi evameva itisaddena saha dissati
(in all editions just like here it is seen together with the word iti)

sabbatthapi ... itveva dissati
(in all <editions> too, it is seen only as ...)

katthaci
(in some <editions>)
This word is used when referring to some Burmese script Tipiṭaka editions.

mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttavaṇṇanāyaṃ
(in the <commentarial> exposition on the Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta)

chakkaṅguttaraṭīkā mahāvagge aṭṭhamasuttavaṇṇanā
(the exposition on the eighth sutta in the Mahāvagga of the Chakka-nipāta of the Aṅguttara-Sub-commentary)

itipāṭho sabbattha natthi, ūno maññe
(this reading does not exist in all editions, it could presumably be a deficiency)

ayaṃ pāṭho mātikāyaṃ natthi, niddese pana sabbapotthakesu dissati
(this reading is not in the mātikā, but in the Niddesa it is seen in all editions)

the grammar book written by Moggallāna thera

ṭīkā ca moggallānabyākaraṇaṃ ca oloketabbā
(both the sub-commentary and the Moggallānabyākaraṇa should be examined)

moggallānabyākaraṇe 6.38 suttaṃ
(the grammar rule 6.38 in the Moggallānabyākaraṇa)

moggallāne ... suttampi oloketabbaṃ
(the <relevant> grammar rule in the Moggallānabyākaraṇa should also be examined)

aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana na tathā dissati
(in the commentary it is not seen so)

nānāpāṭhā passitabbā
(the variant readings should be checked)