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14 KSS = (Somadeva, Kathāsaritsāgara). Kathāsaritsāgaraḥ kaśmīrapradeśa-vāsinā śrīrāmabhaṭṭatanūdbhavena mahākaviśrīSomadeva-bhaṭṭena viracitaḥ. Edited by Paṇḍit Durgāprasād and Kāśīnāth Pāṇḍuraṅg Parab. [Nachdr. der Ausg. 1889] Delhi 1977.

15 Lienhard, S. 1984: A History of Classical Poetry. Sanskrit – Pali – Prakrit. Wiesbaden 1984 (A History of Indian Literature 3,1).

16 LP = (Laghupañcāśikā). Ratnakaṇṭhas Laghupañcāśikā, s. SKA.

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20 Minkowski, C. 2008: „Why should we read the Maṅgala verses?‟ In: W. Slaje (Hrsg.): Śāstrārambha. Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Preface by E. Gerow. Wiesbaden (AKM LXII), S. 1–25.

21 NCC = V. Raghavan (Hrsg.): New Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit and Allied Works and Authors. Volume Three. Madras 1967.

22 Oberhammer, G. 1984: Wahrheit und Transzendenz. Ein Beitrag zur Spiritualität des Nyāya. Wien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Sprachen und Kulturen Südasiens 18 = ÖAW Phil.-hist. Kl. Sitzungsberichte 424).

23 Ps-JRT = Pseudo-Jonarāja, Rājataraṅgiṇī, s. JRT.

24 Ramachandran, K. S. et al. 1964: Hermaphroditism and early Ardhanārīśvara Figures in India. Hoshiarpur.

25 Rau, W. 1986: „Poetical conventions in Indian kāvya literature.‟ In: Adyar Library Bulletin 50, S. 191–197 (= Kl. Schr. 256–262).

26 RS Ratnakaṇṭhas Stotras: Sūryastutirahasya, Ratnaśataka und Śambhukṛpāmanoharastava. Hrsg. von J. Hanneder, Stanislav Jager, Alexis Sanderson. München 2013 (Indologica Marpurgensia 5).

27 RT(H) = (Kalhaṇa, Rājataraṅgiṇī). Rājataraṅgiṇī of Kalhaṇa. Ed. … by Vishva Bandhu. Pt. 1–2. Hoshiarpur 1963–1965 (Woolner Indological Series 8).

28 RT(S) = (Kalhaṇa, Rājataraṅgiṇī). Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅgiṇī. Chronicle of the Kings of Kaśmīr. Sanskrit text with crit. notes. Ed. by M. A. Stein. Bombay 1892.

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30 Shukla, D. N. 1993: Vāstu-Śāstra. Vol. II. Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting. Delhi.

31 Sivaramamurti, C. 21978: Indien. Kunst und Kultur. Übers. u. bearb. von O. von Hinüber. Freiburg i. Br.

32 SKA = (Jagaddhara, Stutikusumāñjali). The Stutikusumāñjali of Śrī Jagaddhara Bhaṭṭa with the Commentary of Rājānaka Ratnakaṇṭha. Ed. by Paṇḍit Durgāprasāda and Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅg Parab. Bombay 1891 (Kāvyamālā 23).

33 ŚKC = (Maṅkha, Śrīkaṇṭhacarita). Siehe Slaje 2015.

34 Slaje, W. 2008: „Geschichte schreiben: Vier historiographische Prologe aus Kaschmir.‟ In: ZDMG 158, S. 317–352.

35 Slaje, W. 2012: „Inter alia, realia: An Apparition of Halley's Comet in Kashmir. Observed by Śrīvara in AD 1456.‟ In: R. Steiner (Hrsg.): Highland Philology. Results of a Text-Related Kashmir Panel at the 31st DOT, Marburg 2010. Halle (Studia Indologica Universitatis Halensis 4), S. 33–48.

36 Slaje, W. 2015: Bacchanal im Himmel und andere Proben aus Maṅkha. Mainz 2015 (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz. Veröffentlichungen der Indologischen Kommission 3).

37 Smith, D. 2005: The Birth of Kumāra. New York (Clay Sanskrit Library).

38 Smith, D. 2012: „One man and many women: some notes on the harem in mainly ancient and medieval India from sundry perspectives.‟ In: Cracow Indological Studies XIV (2012), S. 1–16.

39 ŚRT = (Śrīvara, Śuka, Rājataraṅgiṇī) Rājataraṅgiṇī of Śrīvara and Śuka. Ed., critically, and annotated with text-comparative data from original manuscripts and other available materials by Srikanth Kaul. Hoshiarpur 1966 (Vishveshvaranand Inst. Publ. 398 = Woolner Indological Ser. 8).

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42 Steiner, R. 2009a: „Kalhaṇa.‟ In: H. L. Arnold (Hrsg.): Kindlers Literatur Lexikon. Bd. 8. Stuttgart (3. Aufl.), S. 583–584.

43 Steiner, R. 2009b: „Stotras.‟ In: H. L. Arnold (Hrsg.): Kindlers Literatur Lexikon. Bd. 8. Stuttgart (3. Aufl.), S. 637–638.

44 ŚuRT = (Śuka, Rājataraṅgiṇī), s. ŚRT.

45 VDhP = (Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa). The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇam. […] Cārudevaśāstriṇā praṇītayā bhūmikayā sanāthitam […] Delhi 1985.