Hello, I am interested in checking sources that are presented on some wikipedia articles.
The sources are from Vinaya, but I am very unable to find the right passage in the Vinaya because I cannot wrap my head around how to navigate it. Could maybe someone help me please?
There is this converter which handles PTS refs very well: http://pts.ticao.de/. Only trouble is, it seems to just cover the Sutta Pitaka and not the Vinaya.
I personally just use a very simple txt file with conversions for finding PTS refs, and from that can see the example ref can be found in pi-tv-kd1 (this can also be seen via the PTS ref numbers on the āsuttaplexā cards for the kd: https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd)
Thereafter, in the first instance, it was only through dark arts that I could make the tentative suggestion that more precisely the ref corresponds with this passage: https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd1/pli/ms#319. But then thereās a possibility that you might want an English translation rather than the Paliā¦ the lookup tool could perhaps guide to the right paragraph.
Alternatively, you could use the text info given on the legacy site: https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/pi-tv-kd1#Vin.1.61 (alas the anchor doesnāt seem to work for me when loading the page, but if you have the text info setting on you can use a page search to get to it).
Simple, right?
Would be curious to know how @sujato would guide users on this one.
I donāt know if this is the best way, but what I normally do when I need to check multiple Vinaya references that are given by PTS volume and page number is to go to Sutta Central legacy and open four tabs with the following pages: