- ABORI Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute acc. accusative
- AiĀ Aitareya Āraṇyaka
- AiB Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
- ĀśvŚS Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra
- AV Atharvaveda
- Aves. Avestan
- AVP Atharvaveda Paippalāda
- AVŚ Atharvaveda Śaunaka
- BD Br̥haddevatā
- BSOAS Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies dat. dative
- EJVS Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies
- EVP Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (Renou 1955–69) fem. feminine
- HR History of Religions
- IIJ Indo-Iranian Journal
- JA Journal asiatique
- JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society
- JB Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa
- JUB Journal of the University of Bombay
- KauB Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa
- Kl. Sch Kleine Schriften
- KS Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā
- KZ Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen
- masc. masculine
- MBh Mahābhārata
- MDŚ Mānava Dharma Śāstra
- MSS Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft
- Nir. Nirukta
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- nom. nominative
- OLZ Orientalistische Literaturzeitung
- PB Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa
- Pp. Padapāṭha
- R̥V R̥ gveda
- ŚāṅkhĀ Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka
- ŚāṅkhGS Śāṅkhāyana Gr̥hya Sūtra
- ŚāṅkhŚS Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra
- ŚB Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
- SBE Sacred Books of the East
- sg. singular
- StII Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik
- TĀ Taittirīya Āraṇyaka
- TB Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa
- TS Taittirīya Saṃhitā
- Vālakh. Vālakhilya
- voc. vocative
- VS Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā
- VSM Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā Mādhyaṃdina
- WZKS Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens
- Y Yasna
- ZDMG Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft