The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin c3: Abbreviations
The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin c3
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Abbreviations
c3.1
As most of the references in this volume are to the Mahābhārata, all numbers without alphabetical prefix refer to this epic (Bombay edition, or with prefix C. to Calcutta edition); but when necessary to distinguish a reference to the Mahābhārata from a reference to the Rāmāyaṇa, I have prefixed M., which therefore does not refer to Manu, but to the great epic. To bring the two parallel editions of the epics into line, I have used R. or RB. for the Bombay edition of the Rāmāyaṇa also (rather than for the Bengal text), and for clearness I employ G. for the Gorresio (Bengal) text thus:—
c3.2
M. or MB., Mahābhārata, Bombay edition. R. or RB., Rāmāyaṇa, Bombay edition. C., Mahābhārata, Calcutta edition. G., Rāmāyaṇa, Gorresio's edition.
c3.3
Other abbreviations, such as those usually employed to indicate native texts, or, for example, ZDMG. and JAOS. for the Journals of the German and American Oriental Societies respectively, require no elucidation for those likely to use them. Those using the old edition of RB. must add one to all references to sargas after vi, 88, and two to all after vi, 107. Sanskrit words usually anglicized have so been written.