Is there a standard way to cite Buddhist scriptures?

Question

Is there anything for Buddhist texts equivalent to the typical way of citing Biblical verses? (e.g. John 1:1)

[Related question on Tripitaka Section Numbering.]

Answer 1

As I keep looking myself, this seems to be less well-specified than one might hope. But a couple of useful things so far lead me to one option being something like:

DN 16 (PTS DN ii 72)

Trouble is, although that's probably quite a precise form, it's for the Pali. See below for the references that help explain it.

• Access to Insight, as always, has something useful to say. Unfortunately, the especially relevant-looking link in note #1 at the bottom of that page is dead. However, I googled for the title and I think I found it, or something like it as follows:
• The Contents and Structure of the Pali Canon and its Commentaries on this page at BuddhaSasana. (I also searched for it on https://ukabs.org.uk, which is the organization that AtoI's reference suggests originally hosted the document, but I couldn't find it).