Abbreviations

Abbreviations Used in the Sanskrit Appendix

+: plus signs replace illegible text

]: a right square bracket marks the lemma, i.e., the adopted reading for which variants are adduced

conj.: conjectured

em.: emended

om.: omitted

°: an upper ring indicates truncation of a word

†: daggers enclose unintelligible text

Sigla or acronyms of textual witnesses

A: Tokyo University Library (New 274 / Old 567)

B: Tokyo University Library (New 273 / Old 483)

G: Göttingen University Library (Göttingen Xc 14 / 50 I)

SM: Sādhanamālā, the sādhana of Bhūtaḍāmara (sādhana no. 264)

Tib.: Tibetan text of the Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra in the Degé canon (Toh 747)