A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts and Translations

**saidevo** · 22-09-2009, 12:18 PM

I am in the process of compiling links from where we can download Hindu Sanskrit texts and translations, so that every one of us can have a personal Hindu library of such texts in our computer system, refer to it and read from the works.

Besides the prodominately Sanskrit texts, I have also collected related translations, commentaries and essays about them, whereever I can find any. Additionally, our Library would also have translated texts and essays that introduce other Indian religions: Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.

I have included a section called saMsAra lekhyaM--secular writings, in Sanskrit with translations and essays where possible: such as a few works of the great kALidAsa, other sAhitya-kartAs--authors, subhAShita and nItishAstra. This section has English books on guru charitam--life accounts, shiShya anubhavam--devotees' experiences, satsangham--teachings of sages, and shikShaNam--education from their essays.

Last but not the least is a section for children: junior, senior and the youth.

Most of the texts are in pdf format, while some are in djvu, itx or other schemes of transliteration or plain text. The audio files are invariably mp3 files that we would only use for personal listening (since some of them might have copyright restrictions); some texts are to be read online.

I am developing a HTML interface to access the books stored in your personal computer--at a mouse-click. Since the collection is growing day by day, more and more lines are added to the interface, so it could be a couple of weeks or more before I could post it.

Meantime, I shall give the text tiles and links in convenient instalments, so you can start downloading them. Please keep your downloads in a folder named HinduSanskritTexts for the time being. You might be required to become a member of some Websites such as the scribd.com to download from their Websites.

Eventually, I shall post a batch file that would automatically create the required folders in your system, under a parent folder, and then you might move your downloads to the related folders and make the HTML interface work for you. Be sure to have harddisk space of 10 to 15 GB for the entire collection!

I have given ids to the sections and individual texts for easy reference, for any later additions to them. The prefix 's' in a text id indicates that it is a Sanskrit original, 't' a translation/meaning text/commentary/compilation with or without the Sanskrit text and 'e' an English work.

**saidevo** · 22-09-2009, 12:20 PM

**vikrama** · 22-09-2009, 12:31 PM

Good work. Thank you

**Sriram Sivaraman** · 22-09-2009, 02:09 PM

Dear Sri SaiDevo,

Pranams.

Thank you very much for the wonderful collection and Wish you all the best to cover all the good scripts in your library.

Regards,
Sriram Sivaraman

**saidevo** · 23-09-2009, 07:07 AM

Namaste sarvashrI vikrama and shrIrAm.

Thank you for your apprection. Here are the links to a comprehensive collection of the upanishads:

upa-col: upanishads collections

s001. IshAdi-viMshottarashato-upanishadaH |
Scribd

s002. sAmAnya vedAnta upanishadaH |
The Samanya Vedanta Upanishads

s003. shaiva upanishadaH |
The Shiva Upanishads

s004. shAkta upanishadaH |
The Shakta Upanisads

s005. vaiShNava upanishadaH |
The Vaishnava Upanishads

s006. aprakAshitA (unpublished) upanishads |
Internet Archive: Free Download: UNPUBLISHED UPANISHADS

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upa-tra upanishads translations[/b]

t001. Max Muller: ChAndogya |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...Upanishads.pdf

t002. nArAyaNasvAmi: 30 Minor... |
http://www.archive.org/download/thir...00naraiala.pdf

t003. nikhilAnanda: kaThA,IshA,kena,muNDaka... |
Principal Upanishads translated by Swami Nikihilananda
t004. alt |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...khilananda.pdf

t005. paramAnanda: IshA,kaThA,kena,muNDaka |
http://www.archive.org/download/upan...01paraiala.pdf

t006. rAmanAthan: sannyAsa upanishadaH |
The Samnyasa Upnishads

t007. shrInivAsa, subrahmaNya: Yoga Upanishads |
Yoga Upanisads

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upa-ess: upanishad essays

e001. AnandA Wood: Interpreting... |
http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses...upanishads.pdf

e002. Ananta narendra: Brahmadvaita of... |
http://www.archive.org/download/Sain...Upanishads.pdf

e003. aurobindo: IshA |
Isha Upanishad - eSnips, share anything

e004. aurobindo: kena, prashna |
Kena Upanishad - eSnips, share anything

e005. kRuShNAnanda: Aitareya and Taittiriya |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ai...ishnananda.pdf

e006. kRuShNAnanda: ChAndogya |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ch...ishnananda.pdf

e007. kRuShNAnanda: ChAndogya: vaishvanAra vidyA |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/va...ishnananda.pdf

e008. kRuShNAnanda: Isha, kena, kaThA |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/es...ishnananda.pdf

e009. kRuShNAnanda: kaThA |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ka...ishnananda.pdf

e010. kRuShNAnanda: kaThA secret |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ka...ishnananda.pdf

e011. kRuShNAnanda: mANDukya |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/ma...ishnananda.pdf

e012. nirmalAnanda: IshA |
http://www.atmajyoti.org/pdfs/Isha_U...Commentary.pdf

e013. nirmalAnanda: kaThA |
ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM - Katha Upanishad - The Past is the Future

e014. nirmalAnanda: prashna |
http://www.atmajyoti.org/pdfs/Prashn...Commentary.pdf

e015. prabhupAdA IshA |
http://www.e-vedas.com/books/isopanisad.zip

e016. rAdhAkrishNan: The Philosophy of... |
Philosophy of Upanishads - Dr. Radhakrishnan

e017. SAKSHI: about... |
Upanishads - eSnips, share anything

e018. sitAnAth tatvabhUShan: Theism... |
Internet Archive: Free Download: Lectures on the theism of the Upanishads and other subjects by Sitanath Tattvabhushan

e019. tejasvinI: Self |
SELF

e020. vidyA sAgar: Metaphysics... |
http://www.archive.org/download/them...00sreeuoft.pdf

upanishads: English translations online:
108 Upanishads | Vedanta Shastras Library

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**saidevo** · 23-09-2009, 07:09 AM

**tbs** · 23-09-2009, 09:14 AM

Respected saidevo
nice work and thanks a lot...i like prasthanabheda of sri madhusudhana saraswati...i did my ph.d on vedantakalpathika of
sri madhusudhana saraswati...excellent works of sri madhusudana
saraswati....

regards
tbs

**saidevo** · 23-09-2009, 10:03 AM

Namaste tbs.

Lest I should be mistaken for being proficient in samskRutam, let me state that I am just the opposite: barely literate in the divine language, though I am off and on at learning it. I still wanted to have a personal collection of our pavitra samskRuta granthAni, although they might be, like the jewels of most women, kept more in the lockers than used on their person!

Besides the treasure packs themselves, I was happy to discover something else, perhaps equally precious: as against the expectation that trying to read--even glance at--a Sanskrit work is bound to be a daunting task, I found out that with just the knowledge of the Sanskrit alphabets and a small vocabulary of just a few Sanskrit words such as I have, it could be an interesting and definitely rewarding experience.

We can have a plan to hone our Sanskrit-reading skills:

• We can start with small texts such as the shlokas and stotras, specially those supported by audio files and meaning texts; in a short time, we would be able to read and understand most of them, even without the meanings and audio.

• We should use any transliterated texts only to search--perhaps consult occasionally--and not read from them, as this could easily trick us into wrong pronunciation of Sanskrit phrases. We should read only from the originals.

• Once we are comfortable reading texts of less than 2 or 3 pages fluently with farily good understanding of their meaning, we can move on to the next step: read larger and scripturally important works such as the 'bhagavad gItA', the 'upanishads' and the 'patanjali yoga darshanam', choosing text versions that are supported with direct meanings of the verses.

• Sanskrit originals are great assets in checking a quote: the very effort of searching a text for a quote could go a long way in understanding the structure of the work.

• It's not our aim to become a Sanskrit pandit; only adequately Sanskrit-literate, which IMHO, is a must for serious sAdhana and svAdhyAya.

**tbs** · 23-09-2009, 10:56 AM

Sanskrit originals are great assets in checking a quote: the very effort of searching a text for a quote could go a long way in understanding the structure of the work.

namasthe saidevo
yes indeed..............thanks a lot

regards
tbs

**anandb** · 23-09-2009, 03:12 PM

Amazing Saidevo,

please keep up the good work.

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