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# Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c5: List of Abbreviations

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c5

- **Language:** English

### List of Abbreviations

### [c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c5.1)

| Ag | Agni Purāṇa. |  
| Bd | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. |  
| Bhāg | Bhāgavata Purāṇa. |  
| Br | Brahma Purāṇa. |  
| Brāhm | Brāhmaṇa. |  
| Bṛhadd | Bṛhaddevatā. |  
| BV | Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa. |  
| DKA | ‘Dynasties of the Kali Age.’ |  
| Gar | Garuḍa Purāṇa. |  
| Hv | Harivaṃśa. |  
| JAOS | Journal of American Oriental Society. |  
| JASB | Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal. |  
| JRAS | Journal of Royal Asiatic Society. |  
| Kūr | Kūrma Purāṇa. |  
| Lg | Liṅga Purāṇa. |  
| Mārk | Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. |  
| Mat | Matsya Purāṇa. |  
| MBh | Mahābhārata. |  
| Pad | Padma Purāṇa. |  
| Raghuv | Raghuvaṃśa. |  
| Rām | Rāmāyaṇa. |  
| Rigv | Rigveda. |  
| SBE | Sacred Books of the East. |  
| Śiv | Śiva Purāṇa. |  
| Up | Upaniṣad. |  
| Vā | Vāyu Purāṇa. |  
| Vām | Vāmana Purāṇa. |  
| Var | Varāha Purāṇa. |  
| Vedārth | Vedārthadīpikā. |  
| Viṣ | Viṣṇu Purāṇa. |  
| VN | Vṛhannāradīya Purāṇa. |

### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c5.2)

Other abbreviations are readily intelligible.

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