LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
| AP. | = | Agni-Purāṇa. |
| B. | = | Anundoram Borooah (editor of the Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa). |
| BB. | = | Bezzenberger’s Beiträge. |
| Bh. | = | Bhāratīyanāṭyaśāstra. |
| BR. | = | Böhtlingk and Roth’s Sanskrit-Wörterbuch, 7 volumes, St. Petersburg, 1855–1875. |
| com. | = | commentary, commentator. |
| DR. | = | Daśarūpa. |
| ed. | = | edited by, edition. |
| Ep. Ind. | = | Epigraphia Indica. |
| ex. | = | example. |
| H. | = | text of the Daśarūpa in Hall’s edition. |
| Hall | = | Hall’s edition of the Daśarūpa, Calcutta, 1865. |
| Hem. Kāvyān. | = | Hemacandra’s Kāvyānuśāsana. |
| Ind. Ant. | = | The Indian Antiquary. |
| JAOS. | = | Journal of the American Oriental Society. |
| JRAS. | = | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. |
| Lévi | = | Lévi’s Théatre indien, Paris, 1890. |
| Mahāvīra. | = | Bhavabhūti’s Mahāvīracarita. |
| Mālatīm. | = | Bhavabhūti’s Mālatīmādhava. |
| Mālav. | = | Kālidāsa’s Mālavikāgnimitra. |
| Mṛcch. | = | Śūdraka’s Mṛcchakaṭika. |
| Nāgān. | = | Harṣadeva’s Nāgānanda. |
| P. | = | text of the Daśarūpa in Parab’s edition. |
| Pratāpar. | = | Vidyānātha’s Pratāparudrayaśobhūṣaṇa. |
| Rasagaṅg. | = | Jagannātha’s Rasagaṅgādhara. |
| Rasaratn. | = | Śivarāma Tripāṭhin’s Rasaratnahāra. |
| Rasatar. | = | Bhānudatta’s Rasataraṅginī. |
| Ratn. | = | Harṣadeva’s Ratnāvalī. |
| Regnaud | = | Regnaud’s Rhétorique Sanskrite, Paris, 1884. |
| Rudr. Kāvyāl. | = | Rudraṭa’s Kāvyālaṃkāra. |
| Rudr. Śṛṅg. | = | Rudraṭa’s Śṛṅgāratilaka. |
| Sarasv. | = | Bhojarāja’s Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa. |
| Śārṅg. | = | Śārṅgadharapaddhati. |
| Sb. | = | Sitzungsberichte. |
| Schmidt | = | Schmidt’s Beiträge zur indischen Erotik, Leipzig, 1902; 2d edition, Berlin, 1911 (actually published in 1910). |
| SD. | = | Viśvanātha Kavirāja’s Sāhityadarpaṇa. |
| Skm. | = | Śrīdharadāsa’s Saduktikarṇāmṛta (see Aufrecht, ZDMG. 36). |
| Spr. | = | Böhtlingk’s Indische Sprüche, 2d edition, St. Petersburg, 1870–1873. |
| tr. | = | translated by, translation. |
| Uttararāma. | = | Bhavabhūti’s Uttararāmacarita. |
| V. | = | text of the Daśarūpa in Vidyāsāgara’s edition. |
| v. | = | verse, metrical portion. |
| Vāgbhaṭāl. | = | Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra. |
| Vāgbh. Kāvyān. | = | Vāgbhaṭa’s Kāvyānuśāsana. |
| Veṇī. | = | Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa’s Veṇīsaṃhāra. |
| WZKM. | = | Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. |
| ZDMG. | = | Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. |
° indicates the omission of the preceding or following part of a word or stanza.
‖ indicates parallel or identical passages in other Hindu works, chiefly dramaturgic and rhetorical.