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Guide to Editorial Notation

 

Most of this book has been transcribed from unrevised manuscripts. The text published here is as far as possible a verbatim transcript. Problems encountered in reproducing the manuscripts are indicated by means of the notation shown below.

 

Notation Textual Problem
[......] Word(s) lost through damage to the manuscript.
[ . . . ] Illegible word(s), one group of three spaced dots for each presumed word.
[    ]1 Superfluous word(s), often duplicating what immediately precedes; a footnote shows the word(s) as they occur in the manuscript.
[?   ] Word(s) omitted by the author that could not be supplied by the editors.
[word] Word(s) omitted by the author or lost through damage to the manuscript that are required by grammar or sense, and that could be supplied by the editors.
[?word] Doubtful reading.
[word]1 Emendation required by grammar or sense; a footnote gives the manuscript reading.
w. [word] Abbreviation expanded by the editors.
w[o]rd Letter(s) supplied by the editors.
word[,] Punctuation supplied by the editors.
[note] Textual situation requiring brief explanation. Longer explanations are provided in editorial footnotes, which are printed in italics followed by “ Ed.” (Sri Aurobindo’s footnotes are printed in roman type.)