ABBREVIATIONS AND SOURCES

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N. B.—NSP refers to a publication of the Nirnaya Sagar Press, by year, KM denotes a volume of the NSP Kāvyamālā Series, by number.

अनर्घ. रा = अनर्घराघवम् of Murāri, styled Bālavālmīki, son of Vardhamāna, 9th c A. D., probably patronised by a Kalacūri King of Māhiṣmatī NSP 1908
अमरु = अमरुशतकम् (also called Śṛṅgāraśataka) of Amaruka, 8th cent A D NSP 1929
अरसी = अरसीठाकुर probably Arisiṃha, teacher and associate of Amaracandra, of the time of Vastupāla, first half of the 13th cent A D
अलं कौ. = अलंकारकौस्तुभ of Viśveśvara Paṇḍita (Pāṇḍeya) of Almora, son of Lakṣmīdhara, beginning of the 18th cent NSP 1898
अलं स. = अलंकारसर्वस्वम् of Rājānaka Ruyyaka of Kashmīr, son of Tilaka, guru of Maṅkhuka, c 1150 A D NSP 1893
अ. शा , अ. शाकुं. = अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् of Kālidāsa NSP 1947.
अष्ट. रत्न. = अष्टरत्नम् Ptd HAEBERLIN’s Anthology and Jīvananda’s Kāvyasaṁgraha
आनन्द (देवीश ) = देवीशतकम् of Ānandavardhana of Kashmīr, son of Nona, end of the 9th cent K M ix
आसी. प्र. = आसीननगरप्राकारप्रशस्ति quoted in the Śārṅgadharapaddhati
उत्तर. ; उत्तर. रा = उत्तररामचरितम् of Bhavabhūti, son of Nīlakaṇṭha and Jātūkarṇī He was a contemporary of Vākpatirāja and lived under Yaśovarman of Kanauj, beginning of the 8th cent A. D. NSP 1949.
औचित्य. = औचित्यविचारचर्चा of Kṣemendra of Kashmīr, styled Vyāsadāsa, pupil of Abhinavagupta, son of Prakāśendra, guru of Bhatta Udayasiṃha and prince Lakṣmaṇāditya, wrote under the Kashmīrian kings Ananta and Kalaśa, first half of 11th cent, K. M. i
कथार्ण. = कथार्णव of Śivadāsa, a late work
• कथास. = कथासरित्सागर of Somadeva of Kashmīr, son of Rāma,, written for Sūryamatī, queen of King Ananta (1028–1063 A. D.) NSP 1930 and also of Hermann Brockhaus
कवि. क. = कविकण्ठाभरणम् of Kṣemendra. K M iv, written under King Ananta See also above.
कविता. = कवितामृतकूप. A choice collection of Sanskrit couplets compiled and published in Calcutta, 1826
कवीन्द्र. = कवीन्द्रकण्ठाभरणम् of Viśveśvara Paṇḍita (Pāṇḍeya) K. M. viii. See above under Alaṅkāra Kaustubha
का. द ; काव्या. = काव्यादर्श of Daṇḍin, 7th cent. ed पं प्रेमचन्द्र तर्कवागीश, Bibl. Indica 1863 and also of Pt Rangacharya Reddy 1938.
का. नीति., कामं नी. = कामन्दकीयनीति: c. 700 A. D.; ed. Triv. Skt. Ser no xiv.