Ramáyana Book I: Boyhood: Ancilliaries

List of Abbreviations

Manuscripts, Commentaries, and Editions Used in Volume 1, Following the Conventions Established in the Crit. Ed. of the Bālakāṇḍa (see pp. xiii-xiv)

I. Manuscripts

Northern Manuscripts (N)

(21 MSS — including 10 Devanāgarī)

Northwestern Manuscripts (NW)

ŚŚ1 Śāradā NW undated (=)

Northeastern Manuscripts (NE)

  1. Ñ Nepālī Ñ1   a.d. 1020 Ñ2   a.d. 1675
  2. V Maithilī V1   a.d. 1360 V2   a.d. 1551 V3   a.d. 1831 V4   a.d. 1836
  3. B Bengālī B1   a.d. 1688 B2   a.d. 1789 B3   a.d. 1832 B4   undated
  4. D Devanāgarī manuscripts aligned with N D1   a.d. 1455 W D2   a.d. 1594 W D3   a.d. 1717 W D5   a.d. 1786 NW D7   a.d. 1817 NW D9   a.d. 1848 W D10   undated NE D11   undated NW D12   undated NW D13   undated NW

Southern Manuscripts (S)

(16 MSS — including 5 Devanāgarī)

  1. T Telegu T1   undated T2   undated T3   undated
  2. G Grantha G1   a.d. 1818 G2   undated G3   undated G4   undated
  3. M Malayālam M1   a.d. 1512 M2   a.d. 1690 M3   a.d. 1823 M4   undated
  4. D Devanāgarī manuscripts aligned with S Dt   the ‘vulgate’; the version of Tilaka undated D4   a.d. 1774 D6   a.d. 1796 D8   a.d. 1831 D14   undated

II. Commentaries

(Note: Spelling follows the conventions established by the crit. ed., see vol. 7, pp. 655-56.)

Ck  the commentary called the Amṛtakataka of Kataka Mādhav Yogīndra
Crā  the commentary called Rāmānujīya of Rāmānuja [Note 1]
Cm  the commentary called Tattvadīpikā of Maheśvaratīrtha
Ctś  the commentary called Taniśloki of Ātreya Ahobala
Ct  the commentary called Tilaka of Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, composed in the name of Rāmavarmā
Cg  the commentary called Bhūṣaṇa (the name of the commentary on the Bālakāṇḍa is the Maṇimañjirā) of Govindarāja
Cv  the commentary called Vivekatilaka of Varadarāja Uḍāli (Uḍāri)
Cmu  the commentary called Munibhāvaprakāśikā — author unknown
Cr  the commentary called Rāmāyaṇa Śiromaṇi of Vaṃśīdhara (Bansidhara) Śivasahāya [Note 1]

III. Editions

GPP  Gujarati Printing Press (also called the vulgate). Rāmāyan of Vālmīki. 7 vols. Bombay: Gujarati Printing Press, 1914-1920. With three commentaries called Tilaka, Shiromani, and Bhooshana.
VSP  (Venkateśvara Steam Press). Śrīmadvālmīkirāmāyaṇa. 3 vols. Bombay: Lakṣmīvenkateśvara Mudraṇālaya, 1935. Edited by Gaṅgāviṣṇu Śrīkṛṣṇadāsa.

IV. Journals

AJP  American Journal of Philology
ABORI  Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
AOR  Annals of Oriental Research (University of Madras)
IA  Indian Antiquary
IHQ  Indian Historical Quarterly
IIJ  Indo-Iranian Journal
IL  Indian Linguistics
IR  Indian Review
JAOS  Journal of the American Oriental Society
JAS  Journal of Asian Studies
JASB(L)  Journal of the Asiatic Society, Bengal (Letters)
JA  Journal Asiatique
JBORS  Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society
JIH  Journal of Indian History
JIP  Journal of Indian Philosophy
JOIB  Journal of the Oriental Institute, Baroda
JORM  Journal of Oriental Research, Madras
JRAS  Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
JUB  Journal of the University of Bombay
PO  Poona Orientalist
QJMS  Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society
RO  Rocznik Orjentalistyczny
ZDMG  Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft

V. Commonly Quoted Sanskrit Texts

AdhyāRā  Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa
AmaK  Amarakośa
ĀpaŚS  Āpastambaśrautasūtra
ĀśvaŚS  Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra
UttaRāCa  Uttararāmacarita
AitBr  Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
KumāSaṃ  Kumārasaṃbhava
KauṭArthŚā  Kauṭilya Arthaśāstra
ChāndoU  Chāndogyopaniṣad
Pā  Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī
PadmP  Padmapurāṇa
BhagGī  Bhagavadgītā
BhāgP  Bhāgavatapurāṇa
ManuSm  Manusmṛti
MBh  Mahābhārata
RaghuVa  Raghuvaṃśa
Rām  Rāmāyaṇa
VājaS  Vājasaneyisamhitā
VāmaP  Vāmanapurāṇa
ŚatBr  Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
HariVaṃ  Harivaṃśa

VI. Other Important Abbreviations

crit. app.  critical apparatus
crit. ed.  critical edition
crit. notes  critical notes
PW  Petersburg Wörterbuch: Böhtlingk, Otto and Rudolph Roth. Sanskrit-Wörterbuch.

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