| approx. | approximately |
| Arab. | Arabic |
| Ass. | Assamese |
| b. | born |
| BCE | before the Common Era |
| bot. | botanical |
| c. | circa |
| CE | Common Era |
| cent./cents. | century/centuries |
| ch./chs. | chapter/chapters |
| d. | died |
| Des. | Desia |
| diss. | dissertation |
| ed./eds. | editor, edited by/editors |
| ET | English translation |
| et al. | and others |
| f./ff. | following page/following pages |
| fem. | feminine |
| fig. | figure |
| Guj. | Gujarati |
| Hind. | Hindi |
| Khas. | Khasi |
| km | kilometer |
| Lad. | Ladakhi |
| Lim. | Limbu |
| lit. | literally |
| m | meter |
| Mar. | Marathi |
| masc. | masculine |
| n | note/notes |
| n.d. | no date |
| n.l. | no location |
| Nag. | Nagamese |
| Nep. | Nepali |
| New. | Newari |
| no./nos. | number/numb… |
General Abbreviations (135 words)
Cite this page
“General Abbreviations”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online, (Editor-in-Chief) Marine Carrin. Consulted online on 26 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2665-9093_BERO_SIM_032232>
First published online: 2019
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