| ĀgGṛ | Āgniveśya Gṛhyasūtra |
| AitĀ | Aitareya Āraṇyaka |
| AitB | Aitareya Brāhmaṇa |
| AitU | Aitareya Upaniṣad |
| ĀpDh | Āpastamba Dharmasūtra |
| ĀpDhP | Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata |
| ĀpGṛ | Āpastamba Gṛhyasūtra |
| ĀpŚr | Āpastamba Śrautasūtra |
| AŚ | Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra |
| ĀśGṛ | Āśvalāyana Gṛhyasūtra |
| ĀśŚr | Āśvalāyana Śrautasūtra |
| AV | Atharvaveda |
| BDh | Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra |
| BGṛ | Baudhāyana Gṛhyasūtra |
| BGṛPariś | Baudhāyana Gṛhyapariśiṣṭa |
| Bhār | Bhāruci’s commentary on MDh |
| BhG | Bhagavad Gītā |
| BhGṛ | Bhāradvāja Gṛhyasūtra |
| BṛSm | Bṛhaspati Smṛti |
| BṛU | Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad |
| BŚr | Baudhāyana Śrautasūtra |
| ChU | Chāndogya Upaniṣad |
| CII | Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum , Ed. Fleet 1888 |
| GDh | Gautama Dharmasūtra |
| GM | Gāyāmāhātmya |
| GobhGṛ | Gobhila Gṛhyasūtra |
| Gov-B | Govindasvāmin’s commentary on BDh |
| GPu | Garuḍa Purāṇa |
| Har-A | Haradatta, commentary on the ĀpDh |
| Har-G | Haradatta, commentary on the GDh |
| HirGṛ | Hiraṇyakeśi Gṛhyasūtra |
| JaiGṛ | Jaiminīya Gṛhyasūtra |
| Kane | Kane 1962–75 |
| KātSm | Kātyāyana Smṛti |
| KātŚr | Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra |
| KGṛ | Kāṭhaka Gṛhyasūtra |
| KhGṛ | Khadira Gṛhyasūtra |
| KKT | Lakṣmīdhara, Kṛtyakalpataru |
| Kul | Kullūka’s commentary on MDh |
| KūrPu | Kūrma Purāṇa |
| Lakṣ | Lakṣmīdhara, Kṛtyakalpataru |
| LDhP | Laghudharmaprakāśikā or Śāṅkarasmṛti , Ed. Unni 2003 |
| Mask | Maskarin’s commentary on GDh , Ed. in Srinivasacharya 1917 |
| MatsPu | Matsya Purāṇa |
| MBh | Mahābhārata |
| MDh | Mānava Dharmaśāstra |
| Medh | Medhātithi’s commentary on MDh |
| MGṛ | Mānava Gṛhyasūtra |
| Mṛ? | Mṛgendrāgama |
| MS | Maitrāyaṇīya Saṃhitā |
| NārP | Nāradīya Purāṇa |
| NSm | Nārada Smṛti |
| NSm Mā | Nārada Smṛti Mātṛkā |
| PāM | Mādhava, Pārāśaramādhavīya |
| Par | Parāśara Smṛti |
| PārGṛ | Pāraskara Gṛhyasūtra |
| PMS | Jaimini, Pūrva Mīmāṃsā Sūtra |
| Rām | Rāmāyaṇa |
| ṚV | Ṛ̥gveda |
| Śab | Śabara’s commentary on PMS |
| ŚāṅkhGṛ | Śāṅkhāyana Gṛhyasūtra |
| ŚB | Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa |
| ŚBM | Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa Mādhyandina |
| SmṛC | Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Smṛticandrikā |
| SS | Saṃvarta Smṛti |
| TĀ | Taittirīya Āraṇyaka |
| TS | Taittirīya Saṃhitā |
| VaDh | Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra |
| VaikhDh | Vaikhānasa Dharmasūtra |
| VaikhGṛ | Vaikhānasa Gṛhyasūtra |
| VāPu | Vāyu Purāṇa |
| VārGṛ | Vārāha Gṛhyasūtra |
| ViDh | Viṣnu Dharmasūtra |
| VidhPu | Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa |
| Vij | Vijñāneśvara, Mitākṣarā commentary on the YDh |
| VīrMit | Mitra Miśra, Vīramitrodaya subcommentary on Vij and YDh |
| Viś | Viśvarūpa, Bālakrīḍā commentary on the YDh |
| VyPra | Vyavahāraprakāśa of Mitramiśra |
| YDh | Yājñavakya Dharmaśāstra |