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Abbreviations
- AB:
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
- āpŚS:
āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra
- AV:
Atharva Veda SaṀhitā
- BāU:
BṜhad āraṇyaka Upaniṣad
- BDhS:
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
- BŚS:
Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra
- BṜhS:
BṜhat SaṀhitā (by Varāhamihira)
- ChU:
Chāndogya Upaniṣad
- DN:
Dīgha Nikāya
- JB:
Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa
- Kaṭhā:
Kaṭha āraṇyaka
- KaṭhB:
Kaṭha Brāhmaṭa
- KaṭhU:
Kaṭha Upaniṣad
- KauśS:
Kauśika Sūtra
- KB:
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa
- KS:
Kaṭha SaṀhitā
- Manu:
Mānava Dharma Śāstra
- Mbh:
Mahābhārata
- MS:
Maitrāyaṇī SaṀhitā
- NP:
Nīlamata Purāṇa
- PGS:
Pāraskara GṜhya Sūtra
- PS:
Paippalāda SaṀhitā
- Rām:
Rāmāyaṇa
- RV:
Ṛg Veda SaṀhitā
- ŚŚS:
Śān-0307;khāyana Śrauta Sūtra
- ŚB:
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
- TA:
Taittirīya āraṇyaka
- TS:
Taittirīya SaṀhitā
- TU:
Taittirīya Upaniṣad
- VādhB:
Vādhūla Brāhmaṇa
- VS:
Vājasaneyi SaṀhitā
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Witzel, M. Macrocosm, mesocosm, and microcosm: The persistent nature of ‘Hindu’ beliefs and symbolic forms.Hindu Studies1, 501–539 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-997-0021-x
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