| ABIA | Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology, Leiden |
| ABIM | Annotated Bibliography of Indian Medicine, Groningen |
| ABORI | Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona |
| afd. | afdeling [department] |
| AKM | Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft |
| ALB | The Adyar Library Bulletin, Adyar, Madras |
| Amerta | Amerta: warna warta kepurbakalaan, Dinas Purbakala Republik Indonesia, Djakarta |
| AMS | Algemene Middelbare School (general secondary school) |
| Ancient Ceylon | Ancient Ceylon: Journal of the Archaeological Society of Ceylon |
| Anc. Science Life | e-Journal, http://www.ancientscienceoflife.org |
| AO | Acta Orientalia, Leiden 1922/23- |
| Archipel | Archipel: Études Interdisciplinaires sur le Monde Insulindien |
| ArO | Archiv Orientalni, Prague |
| AS/EA | Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques |
| ASB | Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, founded in 1784; since 1934: RASB |
| ASI | Archaeological Survey of India |
| Asia | Asia: the American magazine on the orient, 1917-1942; continuation of: Journal of the American Asiatic Association (1898-1917) |
| Asia Major | Asia Major: a British Journal of Far Eastern Studies, London |
| Aziatische Kunst | Aziatische Kunst: mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (Asian Art: bulletin of the Society of Friends of Asian Art), 1986 – present; continuation of: Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 1971-1986 |
| BDCRI | Bulletin of the Deccan College (Post-Graduate &) Research Institute |
| BEFEO | Bulletin de l’École Française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris, 1901- |
| BEI | Bulletin d’Études Indiennes |
| BG | Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences), 1778-1910; Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences), 1910-1950; Lembaga Kebudajaan Indonesia, 1950-1962 |
| Bhawanagara | Bhawanagara: Soerat boelanan oentoek memperhatikan peradaban Bali [Monthly for the study of Balinese culture]. |
| BhV | Bharatiya Vidya, Bombay |
| BI | Bibliotheca Indica |
| BKI | zie: BTLV |
| BO | Bibliotheca Orientalis |
| BSO(A)S | Bulletin of the School of Oriental (and African) Studies, London |
| BTLV | Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-, en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, uitgegeven door het KITLV |
| BVVAK | Bulletin van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, Amsterdam, 1950-1982 |
| CAJ | Central Asiatic Journal: International periodical for the languages, literature, history and archaeology of Central Asia |
| CASA | Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam |
| CASP | Comparative Asian Studies Programme, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Centamil | Centamil: the journal of the Madurai Tamil Sangam |
| CNI | Commissie in Nederlandsch-Indië voor Oudheidkundig Onderzoek op Java en Madoera (Committee in the Dutch East Indies for Archaeological Research in Java and Madura), 1901-1913 |
| CNWS | Centrum voor Niet-Westerse Studies (Centre for Non-Western Studies), 1988-1994; Research School CNWS: School of Asian, African, and Amerindian studies, Leiden University, 1994-2008 |
| DCSA | Documentation Centre on South Asia, Leiden |
| DLZ | Deutsche Literaturzeitung |
| EA/AS | Études Asiatiques / Asiatische Studien |
| EFEO | École française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris |
| EI | Epigraphia Indica, a collection of inscriptions supplementary to the corpus inscriptionum indicarum of the Archeological Survey, Calcutta, 1892- |
| eJIM | eJournal of Indian medicine |
| EJVS | Electronic Journal of Vedic Studie |
| EPW | Economic and Political Weekly |
| EW | East and West: quarterly published by the Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente |
| GGA | Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen |
| GIS | Gonda Indological Studies |
| GOS | Groningen Oriental Studies |
| HBS | Hogere Burgerschool, secondary education |
| IA | Indian Antiquary, Bombay |
| IAE | International Archives of Ethnography = Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Leiden |
| IAVRI | International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute |
| IDPAD | Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development |
| IF | Indogermanische Forschungen |
| IG | De Indische Gids: staatkundig, economisch en letterkundig tijdschrift, Amsterdam |
| IIAS | International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden – Amsterdam |
| IIJ | Indo-Iranian Journal, The Hague, 1957- |
| IJDL | International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics |
| IISG | Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (International Institute of Social History) |
| Indonesia magazine | Indonesia magazine: cultureel maandmagazine over Indonesië |
| Inter-Ocean | Inter-Ocean: a Netherlands East Indian magazine devoted to Malaysia and Australia, Batavia |
| ISS | International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (part of Erasmus University, Rotterdam) |
| Itinerario | Itinerario: Bulletin of the Leyden Centre for the History of European Expansion |
| IT | Indologica Taurinensia |
| JA | Journal Asiatique, Paris |
| JAOS | Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven (Conn.) |
| JAS | Journal of Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| JASB | Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta |
| JEAS | Journal of the European Āyurvedic Society, Reinbek |
| JESHO | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |
| JGJhRI | Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Research Insitute, 1(1943)-26 (1970); continued as The Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha |
| JIABS | Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies |
| JIES | Journal of Indo-European Studies, [Washington] |
| JIH | Journal of Indian History, Trivandrum |
| JIP | Journal of Indian Philosophy, Dordrecht: Reidel |
| JISOA | Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art |
| JNRC | Journal of the Nepal Research Centre |
| JOIB | Journal of the Oriental Institute, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda |
| JPASB | Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |
| JPTS | Journal of the Pali Text Society |
| JP(U)HS | Journal of the Panjab Historical Society, 1(1911)-11(1931); continued as: Journal of the Panjab University Historical Society, 1(1932)- |
| JRAS | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London |
| JRASCeylon | Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| JRASMalasian | Journal of the Malaysian branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| JSS | Journal of the Siam Society |
| JTS | Journal of Tamil Studies, Chennai |
| KAW | Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, afdeling letterkunde (Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, humanities division, Amsterdam, 1851-1938; since 1938: KNAW |
| KIT | Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (Royal Tropical Institute), Amsterdam |
| KITLV | Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Royal Netherlands Institute for Anthropology and Languages; Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies); 1851-1864 in Delft, 1864-1966 in The Hague, 1966-present in Leiden |
| KNAW | Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, afdeling letterkunde (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), humanities division, Amsterdam, 1938-…; from 1851 to 1938: KAW |
| KOTA | Kontaktgroep Tropisch Azië |
| Kratylos | Kratylos: Kritischs Berichts- und Rezensions Organ für indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Wiesbaden |
| KT | Koloniaal Tijdschrift |
| KZ | Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen, begründet von A. Kuhn (Kuhn’s Zeitschrift) |
| LIAS | Leiden University Institute for Area Studies |
| Man | Man: a monthly record of anthropological science, London 1901-1994 |
| MBK | Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 1924-1950 |
| MGOM | Madras Government Oriental Manuscript Series |
| MGOS | Madras Government Oriental Series |
| MK | Mededeelingen van de Kirtya Lieferinck-van der Tuuk |
| MKNAW | Mededelingen van Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, afdeling letterkunde |
| MNL | Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden |
| MSS | Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, München 1952- |
| Mundus | Mundus: a quarterly review of German research contributions on Asia, Africa and Latin America, Arts and Science |
| Museum | Museum: maandblad voor philologie en geschiedenis, Groningen 1893-1959. |
| NI | The Netherlands Indies, a review of the country, its economics and commerce (incorporating the Economic Bulletin), Batavia |
| NIAS | Netherlands Institute for the Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| NION | Nederlandsch-Indië Oud & Nieuw: maandblad gewijd aan bouwkunst, archaeologie, land- en volkenkunde, kunstnijverheid, handel en verkeer, cultures, mijnbouw, hygiène |
| Notulen BG | Notulen van de Algemeene en Directie-vergaderingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Minutes of the general and board meetings of the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences) |
| NR | nieuwe reeks (new series) |
| NRC | Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant |
| NS | new series |
| NTT | Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (Netherlands Theological Journal) |
| NOVIB | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Internationale Betrekkingen |
| NWO | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research |
| OA | Orientalisches Archiv, Leipsic |
| OD | Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië (Archaeological Service in the Netherlands East Indies) |
| OLZ | Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Berlin |
| OSO | Oso: tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis, Nijmegen |
| OV | Oudheidkundig Verslag van de Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië (Archaeological Report of the Archaeological Service in the Netherlands East Indies) |
| Phoenix | Phoenix: maandschrift voor beeldende kunsten |
| RASB | Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta; before 1934: ASB |
| Rapporten CNI | Rapporten van de Commissie in Nederlandsch-Indië voor Oudheidkundig Onderzoek op Java en Madoera (Reports of the Committee in the Dutch East Indies for Archaeological Research in Java and Madura), 1901-1912 [issued 1904-1913/4]; after 1912/3 split up into ROD and OV |
| ROD | Rapporten van den Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië (Reports of the Archaeological Service in the Netherlands East Indies), Batavia, 1913-… [1914-1941] |
| Ṛtam | Ṛtam: Journal of the Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, Lucknow |
| Rupam | Rupam: Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta, 1920-1930. |
| Saddharma | Saddharma: Tijdschrift over Boeddhisme (Journal on Buddhism), Wassenaar |
| Sangeet Natak | Sangeet Natak: Journal of the Sangeet Natak Akademi |
| SII | Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, Reinbek, 1975 – . |
| TANAP | Towards A New Age of Partnership: in Dutch East India Company Archives and Research |
| TBG | Tijdschrift van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen = Tijdschrift voor Indische taal-, land-, en volkenkunde, Batavia, 1853-1955 |
| TCZCA | Talen en Culturen van Zuid- en Centraal Azië (Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University |
| Thêta-Pi | Thêta-Pi: a Journal for Greek and early Christian philosophy including the study of comparable trends in early Indian and Chinese thought, Leiden |
| Timboel | Timboel: Algemeen periodiek voor Indonesië (General periodical on Indonesia) |
| T(K)(N)AG | Tijdschrift van het (Koninklijk) (Nederlandsch) Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (Journal of the (Royal) Netherlands Geographical Society), Amsterdam |
| TNTL | Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (Journal for Dutch Language and Literature) |
| TPh | Tijdschrift voor Philosophie/Filosofie (Journal of Philosophy), Leuven |
| VENA | Vrouwen en Autonomie (Women and Autonomy Center) |
| VIJ | Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal |
| VMK(N)AW | Verslagen en medede(e)lingen van de Koninklijke (Nederlandse) Akademie van Wetenschappen (Reports and Communications of the Royal (Netherlands) Academy of Sciences and Arts) |
| VVAK | Vereniging van Vrienden van Aziatische Kunst (Society of Friends of Asian Art), Amsterdam |
| WOTRO | Science for Global Development (NWO division), Dutch: Stichting voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek van de Tropen en Ontwikkelingslanden |
| WZKM | Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes |
| WZKS(O) | Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Süd-und Ostasiens und Archiv für indische Philosophie; from vol. 14 (1970) with title: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens und Archiv für indische Philosophie; From 44 (2000) with title: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens = Vienna journal of South Asian studies, Wien |
| ZDMG | Zeitschrift der deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Wiesbaden |
| ZII | Zeitschrift für Indologie und Iranistik, Leipzig, 1922-1935/36. |