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- ↑ Vidyabhusana (1988).
- 1 2 Bronkhorst, Diaconescu & Kulkarni 2013, p. 98.
- ↑ Chaudhury (1964), p. 566-568.
- ↑ Rorabacher (2016).
- 1 2 Sharma & Sharma (1996), p. 20.
- 1 2 Chaudhury (1964), p. 567.
- ↑ Vidyabhusana (1920), p. 22.