A.B.O.R. - Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.
A.I.D. - Uber die Anfange des Indischen Dramas by A. Hillebrandt.
B.B.D. - Bruchstucke Buddhi stischer Dramen.
B.R.R.I. - Bulletin of the Sri Ramavarma Research Institute.
B.S.O.S. - Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London.
C.H.I. - Cambridge History of India.
D.C.S. - Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Mss. in the Oriental Library, Madras.
D.L.Z. - Deutsche Literature Zeitung.
E.H.I. - Early History of India by Vincent Smith.
Ep. Ind. - Epigraphia Indica.
E.R.E. - Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics.
G.G.A. - Gottingi sche Gelehrte Anzeigen.
H.I.L. - History of Indian Literature by M. Winternitz (English Translation).
H.O.S. - Harvard Oriental Series.
I.C. - Indian Culture.
I.D. - Das Indische Drama by Sten Konow.
I.H.Q. - Indian Historical Quarterly.
Ind. Alt. - Indi sche Altertumskunde by C. Lassen.
Ind. Ant. - Indian Antiquary.
I.S. - Indische Studien by A. Weber.
J.A. - Journal Asiatique.
J.A.H.R.S. - Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society.
J.A.O.S. - Journal of the American Oriental Society.
J.A.S.B. - Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
J.B.B.R.S. - Journal of the Bengal Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
J.B H.S. - Journal of the Bombay Historical Society.
J.B.O.R.S. - Journal of the Behar and Orissa Research Society.
J.B.R.A.S. - Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
J.I.H. Journal of Indian History.
J.O.R. - Journal of Oriental Research, Madras.
J.R.A.S - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Keith - Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory and Practice.
N.G.G.W. Nachrichten der Gottingischen Gesselschaft der Wissenschaften.
O.C. - Proceedings of the Congress of Orientalists.
P.O.C. - Proceedings of the Oriental Conference
S.B.A.W. - Sitzungsbericte der Koniglich Preussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften
S.B.E. - Sacred Books of the East.
T.C.M. - Triennial Catalogue of the Mss. in the Madras Orental Mss. Library.
V.O.J. - Vienna Oriental Journal.
W. - H.H. Wilson’s Select Specimens of Hindu Theatre.
W.Z.K.M. - Wiener Zeltschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes.
Z.D.M.B. - Zeitchrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gessellschaft.
ದ. ರೂ. - ದಶರೂಪಕ
ಭಾ.ಪ್ರ. - ಭಾವಪ್ರಕಾಶನ
ಶೃಂ.ಪ್ರ. - ಶೃಂಗಾರಪ್ರಕಾಶ
ಸಾ.ದ. - ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದರ್ಪಣ