Abbreviations and Bibliography

Journals and Series

ANISt Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien

as/ea Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques
atbs Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien Universität Wien
bkga Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens
iibs The International Institute for Buddhist Studies of the International Col-
lege for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies
iij Indo-Iranian Journal
ja Journal Asiatique
jaos Journal of the American Oriental Society
jbors Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society
jiabs Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
JIPh Journal of Indian Philosophy
mcb Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques
oup Oxford University Press
pts Pali Text Society
sor Serie Orientale Roma
SPhB Studia Philologica Buddhica—Monograph Series
sttar Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region
suny State University of New York Press
tsws Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series
vöaw Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
wstb Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde
wzks Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens

Primary Sources

The Pramāṇavārttika and the Commentaries Thereon

Manuscripts
(For further details, also concerning the various reproductions of the manuscripts, see
the chapter “Description of the Witnesses—Manuscripts”)

ASa Alaṅkāra of Prajñākaragupta: Sa-skya monastery, the phyag dpe lha khaṅ in
the lha khaṅ chen mo, Vol. ii, no. 183 (Sāṅkṛtyāyana 1937: 21)
KH Pramāṇavārttika (kārikās) of Dharmakīrti: Kathmandu, the collection kept by
the rājaguru Hemarāja Śarman of Nepal
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KZh Pramāṇavārttika (kārikās) of Dharmakīrti: Zha-lu monastery, Vol. xiii.1,

no. 239 (Sāṅkṛtyāyana 1937: 33)
VZh Vṛtti of Manorathanandin: Zha-lu monastery, Vol. xii.1, no. 237 (Sāṅkṛtyāyana
1937: 33)

Printed Editions
Whenever an abbreviation refers to a book whose title contains more than one work,
the related bibliographical reference is preceded by the title of the work and its author.
The title page (whenever present, in its English version) is closely, though not com-
pletely, reproduced; e.g., academic or honorific titles are not recorded, and “edited by”
is abbreviated with “ed.”
Spelling is not standardized.
In the case of Tibetan works, unless otherwise specified, references are to the Peking
edition.

AP / AD Pramāṇavārttikabhāṣyālaṅkāra of Prajñākaragupta: Tibetan translation by

*Bhavyarāja and Blo ldan śes rab, revised by Kumāraśrī and ’Phags pa śen or
by Sumati(kīrti) and Blo ldan śes rab, Tshad ma rnam ’grel gyi rgyan, in P 5719
and D 4221 (Tokyo edition)
AR Pramāṇavārtikabhāshyam or Vārtikālaṅkāraḥ of Prajñākaragupta (Being a
commentary on Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārtikam), Deciphered and edited
by Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana. [tsws i] Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute,
Patna 1953
KMi “Pramāṇavārttika-kārikā (Sanskrit and Tibetan)”, ed. Yūsho Miyasaka. Acta
Indologica 2, 1971–1972: 1–206 (Sanskrit text)
KMi-T Tibetan text in KMi
KR Pramāṇavārttikam by Ācārya Dharmakīrti, ed. Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana. Appen-
dix to jbors 24, Patna 1938
P Pramāṇavārttikapañjikā of Devendrabuddhi: Tibetan translation by Su-
bhūtiśrī and dGe ba’i blo gros, Tshad ma rnam ’grel gyi dka’ ’grel, in P 5717 and
D 4217 (Taipei edition)
PV Pramāṇavārttika of Dharmakīrti, in PV i and KMi (PV i to iv respectively
correspond to the Svārthānumāna, Pramāṇasiddhi, Pratyakṣa, and Parārthā-
numāna chapters)
PV i Raniero Gnoli, The Pramāṇavārttikam of Dharmakīrti. The First Chapter with
the Autocommentary. Text and Critical Notes. [sor 23] Istituto Italiano per
il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Roma 1960 (a dash between the letters and the
numeral of the abbreviation signals the reference to the prose)
PVA Pramāṇavārttikālaṅkāra of Prajñākaragupta, in AR
PVAṬD Pramāṇavārttikabhāṣyālaṅkāraṭīkā of Jayanta: Tibetan translation by Dīpaṅ-