Pali Literature - List of Post-canonical Pali Texts

List of Post-canonical Pali Texts

Quasi-canonical texts in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Burmese Tipitaka but not in the Thai or Sri Lankan:

1. Nettipakarana and Petakopadesa - "The Book of Guidance" and "Instruction on the Pitaka"
2. Milindapañha - The Questions of King Milinda

Commentarial literature:

1. Atthakatha - Commentarial works by Buddhagosa, Dhammapala, Mahanama, Buddhadatta & others
2. Tika - Sub-commentarial works

Historical chronicles:

1. Dipavamsa - "The Island Chronicle" (4th c.)
2. Mahavamsa - Mahanama; "The Great Chronicle" (6th c.)
3. Culavamsa - "The Lesser Chronicle"
4. Vamsatthappakasini - Commentary of the Mahavamsa (6th c.)
5. Mahabodhivamsa - Upatissa, Account of the bodhi tree of Anuradhapura(11th c.).
6. Thupavamsa - Vacissara, A chronicle of the Great Stupa in Anuradhapura (12th c.)
7. Dathavamsa - Dhammakitti, A poem on the sacred Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
8. Samantakutavannana - Vedehathera, A poem in 796 stanzas on the Buddha's life and his visits to Sri Lanka.
9. Hatthavanagalla-viharavamsa - Life story of the Buddhist king Sirisanghabodhi (r. 247-249) of Anuradhapura (13th c.)
10. Saddhamma-sangaha - Dhammakitti Mahasami, Literary and ecclesiastical history of Buddhism (14th c.)
11. Cha-kesadhatuvamsa - A history of the six stupas that enshrine the hair relics of the Buddha. (14th c.)
12. Gandhavamsa - Catalog of ancient Buddhist commentators (19th c.)
13. Sāsanavaṃsa - Paññasamin, A Burmese history of Buddhism (19th c.)

Biographies:

1. Jinalankara - Buddharakkhita, 278 verse poem on the life of the Buddha (12th c.)
2. Anagata-vamsa - Mahakassapa of Cola, Story of Maitreya, the next Buddha (12th c.)
3. Jinacarita - Medhankara, 472 verse poem on the life of the Buddha (13th c.)
4. Pajjamadhu - Buddhapiya Dipankara (13th c.), poem on the beauty of the Buddha
5. Jinakalamali - Ratanapañña, Account of the life of the Buddha (16th c.)
6. Braḥ Māleyyadevattheravatthuṃ - SE Asian narrative of the travels of the monk Māleyyadev.
7. Buddhaghosuppatti - Mahāmaṅgala, Story of Buddhagosa (Burma, 15th c.)
8. Jinavamsadipani - Moratuve Medhananda Thera, An epic poem on the life of the Buddha & his teachings in 2000 verses (1917)
9. Mahakassapacarita - Widurapola Piyatissa, 1500 verse poem on the life of Mahakasyapa (1934)

Abhidhamma manuals & treatises:

1. Abhidhammavatara - Buddhadatta, "The earliest effort at systematizing, in the form of a manual, the doctrines dealt with in the Abhidhamma" (5th c.)
2. Ruparupa-vibhaga - Buddhadatta - A "short manual on Abhidhamma" (5th c.)
3. Saccasankhepa - Culla-Dhammapala, "Elements of Truth", A "short treatise on Abhidhamma" (7th c.)
4. Abhidhammattha-sangaha - Acariya Anuruddha, A summary of the Abhidhamma, widely used as an introductory text. Modern English translation available by Bhikkhu Bodhi (A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, 1993).
5. Namarupa-pariccheda - Acariya Anuruddha, A verse introduction to the Abhidhamma.
6. Paramattha-vinicchaya - Acariya Anuruddha.
7. Khemappakarana - Khema, A "short manual on the Abhidhamma."
8. Mohavicchedani - Mahakassapa of Cola, A guide to the matikas (topics) of the seven books of the Abhidhamma (12th c.)
9. Nāmacāradīpikā - Chappata, (15th c.)

Miscellaneous:

1. Saddanīti - Aggavaṃsa of Arimaddana, An influential Pali grammar text; Burma, A.D. 1154.
2. Vimuttimagga - A short practice manual by Upatissa (1st c.)
3. Visuddhimagga - Buddhaghosa, A very influential meditation manual (5th c.)
4. Vinayavinicchaya - Buddhadatta, A verse summary of the first four books of the Vinaya (5th c.)
5. Uttaravinicchaya - Buddhadatta, A verse summary of the Parivara, the final book of the Vinaya (5th c.)
6. Paramatthamañjusa - Dhammapala, Commentary on the Visuddhimagga (6th c.)
7. Khuddasikkha and Mulasikkha - Short summaries on monastic discipline.
8. Upasaka-janalankara - Sihala Acariya Ananda Mahathera, A manual on the Buddha's teachings for laymen (13th c.)
9. Sarasangaha - Siddhattha, A "manual of Dhamma" in prose and verse (13th c.)
10. Sandesakatha and Sima-vivada-vinichaya-katha (Burma, 19th c.)
11. Pañcagatidipana - A poem that describes the five forms of rebirth.
12. Saddhammopayana - 629 short verses in praise of the Dhamma.
13. Telakaṭāhagāthā - "The Oil-Cauldron Verses.", Collection of Sri Lankan poems from a monk thrown into boiling oil.
14. Cakkavaladipani - Sirimangala, A text on Buddhist cosmology (1520)
15. Dasabodhisattuppattikatha - Birth Stories of the Ten Bodhisattas.
16. Bhesajjamanjusa - Medical text, Sri Lanka (13th c.)
17. Yogāvacara's Manual - Sri Lankan meditation manual
18. The progress of insight - Mahasi Sayadaw, originally in Burmese, translated to Pali (1950)