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PNTB: Pāli Nīti Texts of Burma, Critical Edition and Study by Heinz Bechert and Heinz Braun (Pali Text Society, London, 1981). [Dhammanīti, Lokanīti, Mahārahanīti, Rājanīti]
Dhn: Dhammanīti, as in PNTB
Ln: Lokanīti, as in PNTB
Mhn: Mahārahanīti, as in PNTB
Rn: Rājanīti, as in PNTB

Gray: Ancient Proverbs and Maxims, from Burmese Sources, or, The Nīti Literature of Burma, James Gray (Trubner & Co., London, 1886). [Translations of Lokanīti, Dhammanīti, Rājanīti, Suttavaḍḍhananīti (sic.) (=Suta*)]
Ja: Jātakatthavaṇṇanā (= Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā), V. Fausboll (London, Vols I-VI, 1877-1896)
Dhp: Dhammapada, edited and translated by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, 2017

CST4: Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka 4.0.0.15
AN: Aṅguttaranikāya, CST4
Thag: Theragāthā, CST4
Snp: Suttanipāta, CST4
Iti: Itivuttaka, CST4
Pari: Parivāra, CST4
DN: Dīghanikāya, CST4
Sbh: Subodhālaṅkāra, CST4

CNTT: Cāṇakya-Nīti-Text-Tradition, ed. L. Sternbach, 2 vols. with 5 pts., Hoshiarpur 1962-1970 (Vishveshvaranand Indological Series 27-29).
Cāṇakya-nīti-śāstra version, as contained in CNTT.
Cāṇakya-rāja-nīti-śāstra version, as contained in CNTT.
Cāṇakya-saptati, ed. K.V. Sarma, Hoshiarpur 1965 (Vishveshvaranand Indological Series 32).
Cāṇakya-sāra-saṁgraha version, as contained in CNTT.
Pantschatantrum (PtsK), edited by I.G.L. Kosegarten, Bonn 1848 [quotations are taken from the Cāṇakya-Nīti-Text-Tradition (CNTT)].
Mahā-subhāṣita-saṁgrahaḥ, vols. I-VIII, ed. and transl. L. Sternbach, Delhi 1974-77 (Vishveshvaranand Indological Series 64).
Laghu-Cāṇakya version, as contained in CNTT.
Vṛddha-Cāṇakya, (CV), textus ornatior version, as contained in CNTT.
Vṛddha-Cāṇakya (Cv), textus simplicior version, as contained in CNTT.
Vṛddha-Cāṇakya, ed. Pt. Śrī Rāma Śāstrī, Calcutta [quotations from CNTT].

The Buddhacarita: Or, Acts of the Buddha, ed. E.H. Johnston, 2 parts, Calcutta 1935, 1936 (Panjab University Oriental Publications 31, 32).
Garuḍapurāṇa, ed. Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgara, Calcutta 1890.
The Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa (HK), ed. M.R. Kale, Delhi 1967.
Hitopadeśa (HJ), ed. F. Johnson, Hartford-London 1864.
Hitopadeśa (HP), by Nārāyaṇa, ed. P. Peterson, Bombay 1887 (Bombay Sanskrit Series 33).
The Mahābhārata, ed. V.S. Sukthankar et. al., 19 vols., Poona 1933-1966.
The Panchatantra (PP), A collection of ancient Hindu tales in the recension called Panchakhyanaka of Purnabhadra, critically edited by Johannes Hertel, 2 volumes, Cambridge/Massachusetts 1908, 1912 (Harvard Oriental Series 11, 12).
The Panchatantra reconstructed (PRE), by Franklin Edgerton, 2 volumes, New Haven 1924 (American Oriental Series 2, 3).
Pañcatantra (textus simplicior) (Pts) edited by F. Kielhorn (volume 1) and G. Bühler (volumes 2-5), 5 volumes, Bombay 1891-96 (Bombay Sanskrit Series).
Pratyayaśatakaya (Prś), Library of Sinhalese Classics, ed. A. M. Guṇasekara, Ceylon.
The Subhāṣitāvalī of Vallabhadeva, edited by P. Peterson, Bombay 1886 (Bombay Sanskrit Series 31); second edition, Poona 1961.
The Sūktiratnahāra, edited by Sāmbaśiva Śāstrī, Trivandrum 1938 (Trivandrum Sanskrit Series 141).
The Vyāsa-subhāṣita-saṁgraha, ed. L. Sternbach, Benares 1969.
Vyāsakāra, from Bechert, Heinz: Sanskrittexte aus Ceylon. Vol. 1. München (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, Beiheft D).
Śatakatrayādi-subhāṣitasaṁgraha, The epigrams attributed to Bhartṛhari, ed. D.D. Kosambi, Bombay 1948 (Siṁghī Jaina Granthamālā 23).
Śārṅgadharapaddhati, The Paddhati of Sarngadhara, edited by P. Peterson, volume 1, Bombay 1888 (Bombay Sanskrit Series 37) [no further volume was published].
Sīhalanīti, see Bechert 1980a.
Subhāṣitārṇava [quotations are taken from Indische Sprüche (Subhāsh.)].
Über 100 Sprüche des Cāṇakya, A. Weber, Monatsberichte der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1865.

rh.q. = rhetorical question
adm. = admonition
stm. = simple statement
sim. = simile
ana. = analogy.