| Apa | | Apararka’s commmentary on the YDh |
| ĀpDh | | Āpastamba Dharmasūtra |
| ĀpGṛ | | Āpastamba Gṛhyasūtra |
| ĀpŚr | | Āpastamba Śrautasūtra |
| AŚ | | Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra |
| ĀśGṛ | | Āśvalāyana Gṛhyasūtra |
| ĀśŚr | | Āśvalāyana Śrautasūtra |
| AV | | Atharva Veda |
| BDh | | Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra |
| BGṛ | | Baudhāyana Gṛhasūtra |
| BhārŚr | | Bhāradvāja Śrautasūtra |
| BhaviP | | Bhaviṣya(t) Purāṇa |
| BhG | | Bhagavad Gītā |
| BraṇḍaP | | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa |
| BṛSm | | Bṛhaspati Smṛti |
| BṛYogYSm | | Bṛhad-Yogi-Yājñavalkya Smṛti |
| ChUp | | Chāndogya Upaniṣad |
| DhKo | | Dharmakośa |
| EDS | | An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles. Vols. 1–9. Pune, India: Sanskrit Dictionary Project, Deccan College, 1976–2011. |
| GDh | | Gautama Dharmasūtra |
| Kane | | P.V. Kane 1962–1975 |
| KāṭhGṛ | | Kāṭhaka Gṛhyasūtra |
| KātSm | | Kātyāyana Smṛti |
| KātŚr | | Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra |
| LāṭŚr | | Lāṭyāyana Śrautasūtra |
| MBh | | Mahābhārata |
| MDh | | Mānava Dharmaśāstra |
| Medh | | Medhātithi |
| MīKo | | Mīmāṃsā Kośa |
| Mit | | Vijñāneśvara, Mitākṣarā commentary on the YDh |
| MNP | | Āpadeva, Mīmāṃsā-Nyāya-Prakāśa |
| MS | | Maitrāyaṇīya Saṃhitā |
| NSm | | Nārada Smṛti |
| NSm Mā | | Nārada Smṛti, Mātṛkā section |
| Panini | | Aṣṭādhyāyī of Panini |
| PārGṛ | | Pāraskara Gṛhyasūtra |
| PārM | | Madhava, Pārāśara Mādhavīya |
| PārSm | | Pārāśara Smṛti |
| PMS | | Jaimini, Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā-Sūtra |
| ṚV | | Ṛgveda Saṃhitā |
| ṢaḍBr | | Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa |
| ŚB | | Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa |
| SmC | | Devanna Bhatta, Smṛticandrikā |
| ŚrKo | | Śrauta Kośa |
| TĀ | | Taittirīya Āraṇyaka |
| TāṇB | | Tāṇḍya Brāhmaṇa |
| TB | | Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa |
| TS | | Taittirīya Saṃhitā |
| TU | | Taittirīya Upaniṣad |
| VaDh | | Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra |
| VarGṛ | | Varāha Gṛhyasūtra |
| VarP | | Varāha Purāṇa |
| VarŚr | | Varāha Śrautasūtra |
| VeS | | Badarayana, Vedānta Sūtra |
| ViDh | | Viṣṇu Dharmasūtra |
| ViP | | Viṣṇu Purāṇa |
| VS | | Vājesaneyi Saṃhitā |
| VyaC | | Vacaspati Misra, Vyavahāracintāmaṇi |
| YDh | | Yājñavalkya Dharmaśāstra |