Institutes of Vishnu — Contents
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LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS.
Âpast.--Âpastamba's Dharma-sûtra, ed. Bühler.
Âsv.--Âsvalâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.
Gaut.--Gautama's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.
Gobh.--Gobhila's Grihya-sûtra, in the Bibl. Ind.
M.--Mânava Dharmasâstra, Calcutta edition, with the Commentary of Kullûka.
Nand.--Nandapandita, the commentator of the Vishnu-sûtra.
Pâr.--Pâraskara's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.
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Sânkh.--Sânkhâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Oldenberg, in the fifteenth volume of the Indische Studien.
Y.--Yâgñavalkya's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.
Âpast. and Gaut. refer also to Dr. Bühler's translation of these two works in the second volume of the Sacred Books of the East.
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