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Discover digital primary scriptures, canonical commentaries, moral anthologies, and philosophical treatises of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Curated by the OUSL Library Network to support academic research, comparative philosophy, and Buddhist studies with authentic Pali and Sinhala texts.

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Primary Canon · මූලික ධර්ම ග්‍රන්ථ Full Text Online

Tripitakaya

ත්‍රිපිටකය (ශ්‍රී සම්බුද්ධ ජයන්ති සංස්කරණය)

The definitive canonical collection containing the entirety of Theravada Buddhist doctrine: the Vinaya Pitaka (Monastic Discipline), Sutta Pitaka (Discourses of the Buddha and disciples), and Abhidhamma Pitaka (Higher Analytical Psychology and Metaphysics), complete with Pali texts and modern Sinhala translations.

විනය පිටකය සූත්‍ර පිටකය අභිධර්ම පිටකය Pali & Sinhala Parallel Searchable Chapters
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Commentaries · අටුවා ග්‍රන්ථ Atthakatha

Tripitaka Atuwa

ත්‍රිපිටක අටුවා (අටුවාචාරීන්ගේ විවරණ)

The comprehensive classical commentarial literature (Atthakatha) compiled by ancient scholars such as Achariya Buddhaghosa and Dhammapala. Essential for scholarly research, textual criticism, and deep philosophical interpretation, offering contextual historical background and word-by-word doctrinal analysis.

අටුවා කථා සමන්තපාසාදිකා අට්ඨසාලිනී Exegesis & Context Theravada Commentaries
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Verses of Dhamma · ඛුද්දක නිකාය 423 Verses · 26 Vaggas

Dhammapada

ධම්මපදය (ගාථා සහ අර්ථ විවරණ)

The revered collection of 423 poetic stanzas uttered by Gautama Buddha across 26 thematic chapters (Vaggas) in the Khuddaka Nikaya. Features verse-by-verse Pali stanzas, word-by-word Sinhala and English translations, origin tales, and practical ethical guidance for noble living.

යමක වර්ගය අප්පමාද වර්ගය චිත්ත වර්ගය 26 Vaggas Verse-by-Verse Translation
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550 Birth Tales · පන්සිය පනස් ජාතක පොත Bodhisatta Chronicles

Jataka Katha

ජාතක කථා (පන්සිය පනස් ජාතක පොත් වහන්සේ)

The celebrated anthology of 550 stories recounting the previous incarnations of the Bodhisatta in human and animal forms as he fulfilled the Ten Perfections (Paramitas). An invaluable repository of ancient South Asian folklore, moral principles, social ethics, and narrative philosophy.

දස පාරමිතා වෙස්සන්තර ජාතකය මහා උම්මග්ග ජාතකය 550 Stories Sinhala Prose Edition
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Scholarly Research Portals & Pali Dictionaries

Open access international and national digital research resources for Buddhist studies scholars
Curated Academic Links
SuttaCentral

Early Buddhist texts, comparative parallels in Pali, Chinese, Sanskrit & Tibetan with modern translations.

Access to Insight

Respected digital library of Theravada texts, modern essays, and translations from the Pali Canon.

Digital Pāḷi Dictionary

Comprehensive modern digital lexical dictionary for Pali canonical, commentarial, and grammatical study.

DILA Buddhist Digital Library

Global digital library and museum of Buddhist studies with bibliographic citations, journals, and manuscripts.