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List of Common Abbreviations

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The following lists the common abbeviations used to refer to key scriptural texts. Punctuation marks may be omitted.
Note that there are obviously many more abbreviations occurring in more specialized texts.

Abbreviation Full Title of Scriptural Text Comment
AB Atma bodha attributed to shaMkara
AS advaita siddhi written by madhusUdana saraswatI
A.S.G. Agama shAstra of gauDapAda i.e. kArikA on Mand. Up.
A.U. or Ai. Up. or Ait. aitareya upaniShad  
A.V. atharva veda  
B.G. bhagavad gItA  
B.G.B. bhagavad gItA bhAShya written by shaMkara
B.U. or Br. Up. bRRihadAraNyaka upaniShad  
B.S. brahma sUtra written by bAdarAyaNa
B.S.B brahma sUtra bhAShya There are several of these but, in the context of advaita, we intend that by shaMkara
B.Sid. brahma siddhi written by maNDana mishra
C.U. or Ch. Up. ChAndogya upaniShad  
G.K. or G.P.K. or Gaud. gauDapAda kArikA (on mANDUkya upaniShad)  
G.K.B. gauDapAda kArikA bhAShya written by shaMkara
Is.U. or Ish. Up (or EEsh. Up.) Isha (or Ishavasya) upaniShad  
JV or J.M.V. jIvanmuktiviveka written by vidyAraNya
Ka. or Kath.U. katha upaniShad  
Kau. or Kaus. U. kauShitaki upaniShad  
Ke. or Ken. U. kena upaniShad  
M.B. or Mbh. mahAbhArata  
Ma.U. or Mand. Up. mANDUkya upaniShad  
M.K. gauDapAda kArikA (on mANDUkya upaniShad)  
Mu.U. or Mund. Up. muNDaka upaniShad  
N.S. naiShkarmya siddhi written by sureshvara
Panch. or P.D. pa~nchadashI written by vidyAraNya
P.P. pa~nchapAdikA written by padmapAda (it is a commentary on shaMkara's BSB); vivaraNa school derives its name from this
PPV pa~nchapAdikA vivaraNa written by prakAshAtman (vivaraNa means 'gloss' or interpretation)
Pr. or Pra.U. prashna upaniShad  
R.V. RRig veda  
Sv. or Svet.U. shvetAshvatara upaniShad  
S.V. sambandha vArtika written by sureshvara
Tait.U. taittirIya upaniShad  
U.S. or Up. Sah. upadesha sAhasrI written by shaMkara
VC vivekachUDAmaNi attributed to shaMkara
Vak. or V.P.D. vAkyapadIya written by bhArtRRihAri
V.P. or V.P.B. vedAnta paribhAShA written by dharmarAja adhvarIndra
VS vedAntasAra written by sadAnanda yogindra
VV vakyavRRitti attributed to shaMkara
Y.S. or Yog. Sut. yoga sUtra-s written by pata~njali
Y.V. or Yog. Vas. yoga vAsiShTha  
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