History of Sanskrit Poetics c3: Abbreviations
History of Sanskrit Poetics c3
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A. B.=Abhinavabhāratī, com. on Nāṭyaśāstra. Ānan. ed.=Ānadāśrama (Poona) edition. Āp. Dh. S.=Āpastamba—dharmasūtra. A. S. W. I.=Archaeological Survey of Western India. B. I.=Bibliotheca Indica Series. B. O. R. I.=Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. B. S. S. or Bom. S. S.=Bombay Sanskrit Series. C. C.=Catalogus Catalogorum. Chan.=Prof. Chandorkar's edition of the Kāvyaprakāśa I, II. Cal. O. J.=Calcutta Oriental Journal. Ch. ed.=Chowkhamba Sanskrit series edition. D. C.=Deccan College. E. I.=Epigraphia Indica. Gode=Studies in Indian Literary History, Volumes I-III. G. O. S.=Gaikwad Oriental Series. H. of Dh.=History of Dharmaśāstra. H. S. D.=Keith's Sanskrit Drama. H. S. L.=History of Sanskrit Literature. H. S. P.=History of Sanskrit Poetics by Dr. De. I. A.=Indian Antiquary. I. H. Q.=Indian Historical Quarterly. I. O. Cat.=India Office Catalogue of S. mss. by Eggeling. J. A. H. R. S. or J. Āndhra H. R. S.=Journal of Āndhra Historical Research Society. J. A. S. B.=Journal, Asiatic Society of Bengal. J. B. B. R. A. S.=Journal, Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. J. O. R.=Journal of Oriental Research. J. I. H.=Journal of Indian History. J. R. A. S.=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Great Britain. K. D. or Kāvyād=Kāvyadarśa of Daṇḍin. K. M.=Kāvyamālā series, Bombay.
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K. P.=Kāvyaprakāśa. K. P. Pr.=Kāvya-Pradīpa-Prabhā. Kuval.=Kuvalayānanda of Appayya. New I. A. or N. I. A.=New Indian Antiquary. Nai=Naiṣadhīya-carita of Śrīharṣa. Nir. or Nirṇ.=Nirṇaya-sāgar Press edition. N. S.=Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata. P. L. M.=Parama - laghu - mañjūṣā of Nāgeśabhaṭṭa. P. O.=Poona Orientalist. Rg.=Rgveda. R. G.=Rasagaṅgādhara. Raghu.=Raghuvamśa of Kālidāsa. Ru.=Rudraṭa’s Kāvyālaṅkāra. S. B. E.=Sacred Books of the East (edited by Max Müller). S. D.=The Sāhityadarpaṇa. S. K. A.=Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa of Bhoja. Subhā.=Subhāṣitāvali (ed. by Peterson). Tri. S.=Trivandrum Sanskrit (series). Ul.=Ullāsa. Vā.=Vāmanācārya’s edition of the Kāvyaprakāśa. V. O. J.=Vienna Oriental Journal. Z. D. M. G.=Zeitschrift Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesselschaft.
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अग्नि or अग्निपु.=अग्निपुराण (Ānan. ed.). अ. भा.=अभिनवभारती (G. O. S.). अभिधा० or अ. भा.=अभिधावृत्तमातृका (Nir.) अलं. स. or अल. स.=अलंकारसर्वस्व (K. M. ed.) आश्व. गृ.=आश्वलायनगृह्यसूत्र का. प्र. or काव्यप्र.=काव्यप्रकाश (ed. by Vāmanācārya) काव्यमी.=काव्यमीमांसा of राजशेखर (G.O.S. ed.) काव्या०=काव्यादर्श of दण्डिन् काव्या. सू.=काव्यालंकारसूत्र of वामन कुव०=कुवलयानन्द of अप्पयदीक्षित गाथा०=गाथासप्तशती of हाल (Nir.) चि.मी.=चित्रमीमांसा of अप्पयदीक्षित छा. उ.=छान्दोग्योपनिषद् ध्व. or ध्वन्या.=ध्वन्यालोक (Nir. ed. of 1935) नवसा०=नवसाहसाङ्कचरित
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नाट्य० = नाट्यशास्त्र of भरत (Ch. ed.) ना. ल. र. को. = नाटकलक्षणरत्नकोष पा. = पाणिनि's अष्टाध्यायी बालरा. = बालरामायण of राजशेखर बृह. उ. भा. वा. = बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्-भाष्यवार्तिक of सुरेश्वर. भा. प्र. or भावप्र. = भावप्रकाशन या० or याज्ञ. = याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृति रसग. or रसगं. = रसगङ्गाधर of जगन्नाथ (Nir. ed.) राज० or राजत० or राजतर० = राजतरङ्गिणी वक्रोक्ति० = वक्रोक्तिजीवित वि०, विम०, or विमर्शिनी = अलङ्कारसर्वस्वविमर्शिनी of जयरथ (K. M. ed.) विद्ध० = विद्धशालभञ्जिका of राजशेखर विष्णुपु. = विष्णुपुराण शाङ्ग० = शाङ्गधरपद्धति edited by Peterson सं. र = सङ्गीतरत्नाकर सर. क. = सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण (Nir. ed.) सा. द. = साहित्यदर्पण सि. कौ. = सिद्धान्तकौमुदी of भट्टोजि सुभा० = सुभाषितावलि of वल्लभदेव ed. by Peterson सा. मी. = साहित्यमीमांसा (Tri. S. S.) सूक्तिमु = सूक्तिमुक्तावलि of जल्हण (G. O. S.) स्मृतिच. = स्मृतिचन्द्रिका of देवण्णभट्ट (ed. by Mr. Gharpure) हर्ष० = हर्षचरित of बाण the *Gesta Romanorum*, the *Legenda Aurea* of Jacobus de Voragine, and the *Speculum Historiale* of Vincent of Beauvais. These were the books that fed the imagination of the Middle Ages, and they were the books that the Church, in its wisdom, provided for the instruction and edification of the faithful.
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But the Church did not merely provide books; it also provided the means of their dissemination. The monastic scriptoria, where monks labored in silence to copy the sacred texts, were the precursors of the printing press. And when the press finally arrived, it was the Church that first harnessed its power, using it to spread the word of God to the corners of the earth. The Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed in Europe, was a testament to the Church's commitment to the written word.
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Yet, even as the Church championed the spread of knowledge, it also sought to control it. The *Index Librorum Prohibitorum*, or List of Prohibited Books, was a tool used by the Church to suppress ideas it deemed dangerous or heretical. This tension between the desire to educate and the need to control would define the Church's relationship with literature for centuries to come.
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It is a complex history, one that is marked by both enlightenment and suppression. But it is a history that cannot be ignored, for it is the history of the very foundation of Western civilization. The Church, in its role as the guardian of knowledge, has shaped the way we think, the way we write, and the way we understand the world around us.