Template:Pali Exegesis/doc

Template:Pali Exegesis displays the post-canonical texts, commentaries, sub-commentaries, and other Pāli literature in a collapsible sidebar, following the arrangement of the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka edition produced after the Sixth Buddhist Council. It serves as a companion to the main Template:Pali Canon. The color theme uses a soft pastel pink (#FED5E7) based on the robes of the Burmese thilashin.

Thilashins in traditional attire.

Usage

Simply insert:

{{Pali Exegesis}}

By default, all sections are collapsed. To expand one or more sections when the page loads, add the section values described below.

Structure

The sidebar is divided into three main sections:

Section	Value	Contents
Aṭṭhakathā	atthakatha	Commentaries on the Vinaya Piṭaka, Sutta Piṭaka, and Abhidhamma Piṭaka.
Ṭīkā	tika	Sub-commentaries (ṭīkā) and sub-sub-commentaries (anuṭīkā), including the manuals and compendia grouped with them in the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition.
Añña	anna	Miscellaneous Pāli literature: the Visuddhimagga, the Saṅgāyanapucchavissajjanā, and seven collapsible sub-collections.

The Añña section contains the following sub-collections, each of which can be expanded individually:

Sub-collection	Value	Contents
Leḍīsayāḍo-gantha-saṅgaha	ledisayado	Selected works of Ledi Sayadaw.
Buddhavandanā-gantha-saṅgaha	buddhavandana	Devotional and panegyric texts in praise of the Buddha.
Vaṃsa-gantha-saṅgaha	vamsa	Chronicles and historical works.
Byākaraṇa-gantha-saṅgaha	byakarana	Grammatical treatises, lexicons, prosody, and poetics.
Nīti-gantha-saṅgaha	niti	Gnomic and didactic maxim literature.
Pakiṇṇaka-gantha-saṅgaha	pakinaka	Other miscellaneous texts.
Sihaḷa-gantha-saṅgaha	sihala	Pāli works of Sri Lankan origin.

Parameters

• |1=, |2=, |3=, |expand=: control which section(s) are expanded when the page loads. Up to four values can be given at once, so several sections can be expanded simultaneously. Supported values:
  • atthakatha: expands the Aṭṭhakathā section.
  • tika: expands the Ṭīkā section.
  • anna: expands the Añña section, with all its sub-collections still collapsed.
  • ledisayado, buddhavandana, vamsa, byakarana, niti, pakinaka, sihala: expand the corresponding sub-collection. The parent Añña section is expanded automatically, so anna does not need to be added.
• Values are case-sensitive and are written in lowercase without diacritics. Unrecognized values are ignored.
• If no value is given, all sections are collapsed.

Examples

• {{Pali Exegesis}}: all sections collapsed.
• {{Pali Exegesis|atthakatha}}: opens the Aṭṭhakathā section.
• {{Pali Exegesis|atthakatha|tika}}: opens both the Aṭṭhakathā and Ṭīkā sections.
• {{Pali Exegesis|1=anna}}: opens the Añña section.
• {{Pali Exegesis|vamsa}}: opens the Añña section and its Vaṃsa sub-collection.
• {{Pali Exegesis|tika|byakarana}}: opens the Ṭīkā section, the Añña section, and its Byākaraṇa sub-collection.
• {{Pali Exegesis|expand=ledisayado}}: opens the Añña section and its Leḍīsayāḍo sub-collection.

TemplateData

A collapsible sidebar listing the commentaries, sub-commentaries, and other post-canonical Pāli literature, following the arrangement of the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka. All sections are collapsed unless a section value is given.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Expanded section	1	Section or Añña sub-collection to expand when the page loads. Suggested values atthakatha tika anna ledisayado buddhavandana vamsa byakarana niti pakinaka sihala	String	suggested
Second expanded section	2	Another section or Añña sub-collection to expand. Suggested values atthakatha tika anna ledisayado buddhavandana vamsa byakarana niti pakinaka sihala	String	optional
Third expanded section	3	Another section or Añña sub-collection to expand. Suggested values atthakatha tika anna ledisayado buddhavandana vamsa byakarana niti pakinaka sihala	String	optional
Expand	expand	Named alternative for specifying a section or Añña sub-collection to expand. Suggested values atthakatha tika anna ledisayado buddhavandana vamsa byakarana niti pakinaka sihala	String	optional

Companion template

For the primary texts of the Tipiṭaka (Vinaya, Sutta, and Abhidhamma), please use the main template:

• Template:Pali Canon

Sources

The arrangement of this template follows the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka edition published by the Vipassana Research Institute. The main articles and related citations for this template's content are Pali literature and Buddhist hermeneutics#Theravada.

External links

• Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka at tipitaka.org
• Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka in Roman Script at tipitaka.org