A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts Translations
It has always been an ambition for me to have my own, personal library of Hindu Sanskrit texts and translations. I bought a few printed publications, but soon realized that it would cost me a fortune and lot of space, besides the hassle of consulting them, physically turning over the pages.
The Internet came to my help in realising my ambition in an easy, compact and efficient manner. Over the last month or more, I was busy--I still am--on a treasure hunt of Hindu Sanskrit texts over the Net: just by scratching the surface, I was overwhelmed with precious packs of treasures of wisdom!
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.
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. Once I post the HTML interface page, I would request Satay to host it in HDF as with the earlier case.
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.
shRuti
ved-gen: vedaH: general works
s001. prasthAnabhedaH (madhusUdana sarasvatI)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17608154/P...udan-Saraswati
e002. The Secret of the Veda (Aurobindo)
http://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/as...dpdf.php?id=30
t003. A Vedic Reader
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14258603/A...hony-Macdonell
e004. The Vedic Experience
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/downloads/Vedic.pdf
e005. vedas, upanishads and kRuShNa
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15328924/V...DS-AND-KRISHNA
t006. vedas and brahma sUtra mantras (Griffith)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8998787/Ve...-Sutra-Mantras
e007. Rig Veda: Creative Hymns (Barbara)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8952114/Cr...f-the-Rig-Veda
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ved-Rig: mantra saMhitA: Rig veda
s001. shAkalya shAkhA: maNDalam 1 |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m1.pdf
2 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m2.pdf
3 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m3.pdf
4 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m4.pdf
5 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m5.pdf
6 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m6.pdf
7 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m7.pdf
8 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m8.pdf
9 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m9.pdf
10 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_veda/rk_ved_m10.pdf
s002. aShTaka shAkhA: 1 |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_1.pdf
2 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_2.pdf
3 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_3.pdf
4 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_4.pdf
5 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_5.pdf
6 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_6.pdf
7 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_7.pdf
8 | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/rk_v..._ashtaka_8.pdf
t003. aurobindo | http://www.scribd.com/doc/3206145/hy...he-mystic-fire
t004. Griffith | http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/downloads/RigVeda.pdf
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ved-yaj: mantra saMhitA: yajur veda
t001. (devi chand, Arya samAj) |
http://www.archive.org/details/yajurveda029670mbp
s002. yajur veda sUktas |
http://veda.007sites.com/PDF/SANSKRI...s-Sanskrit.pdf
ved-yas: shukla yajur veda
s003. mAdhyanindana shAkhA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...yajur_veda.pdf
s004. kANva samhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...yajur_veda.pdf
ved-yak: kriShNa yajur veda
s005. taittirIya samhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...yajur_veda.pdf
t006. Keith | http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/downloads/YajurVeda.pdf
s007. maitrAyaNI samhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...yajur_veda.pdf
s008. kAThaka samhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...yajur_veda.pdf
s009. kapiShThalakaTha samhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/yaju...ha_Samhita.pdf
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ved-sam: mantra saMhitA: sAma veda
s001. sAma veda saMhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/sama_veda/sama_veda.pdf
t002. Griffith | http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/downloads/SamaVeda.pdf
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sv.htm (online)
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ved-ath: mantra saMhitA: atharva veda
s001. arharva veda saMhitA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/atha...harva_veda.pdf
t002. Whitney 1 | http://www.archive.org/details/athar...amhi01whituoft
t002. 2 | http://www.archive.org/details/athar...amhi02whituoft
t003. Maurice (selective) |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...tharvaVeda.pdf
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ved-bra: brAhmaNa
s001. aitareya (Rig) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s002. alt(ternative) |
http://www.wilbourhall.org/pdfs/Veda...Rigveda__S.pdf
t003. Martin Haug |
http://www.wilbourhall.org/pdfs/Veda...Rigveda__T.pdf
s004. kaThaka (kRuShNa yajur) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s005. taittirIya (kRuShNa yajur) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s006. ChAndogya (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s007. ShadviMsha (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
t008. W. Caland | http://www.archive.org/details/panca...rahma032052mbp
s009. jaiminIya (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s010. vaMsha (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
s011. gopatha (atharva) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/brah...a_brahmana.pdf
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ved-ara: AraNyakam
s001. aitareya (Rig) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
s002. shAngkhAyana (Rig) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
t003. AB Keith |
http://www.archive.org/details/TheSa...OnTheMahavrata
s004. taittirIya (kRuShNa yajur) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
s005. maitrAyaNIyam (kRuShNa yajur) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
s006. ChAndogya (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
s007. jaiminIya (sAma) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/aran...a_aranyaka.pdf
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ved-pra: prAtishAkhyam
s001. Rig veda |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...atishakhya.pdf
s002. taittirIya (kRuShNa yajur) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...atishakhya.pdf
s003. shukla yajuH |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...atishakhya.pdf
s004. sAma | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...atishakhya.pdf
s005. atharva | http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...atishakhya.pdf
s006. atharva: chaturAdhyAyIkA |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/prat...turadhyayi.pdf
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To continue with the upanishads in the next post.
Re: A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts Translations
Here are the links to a comprehensive collection of the upanishads:
upa-col: upanishads collections
s001. IshAdi-viMshottarashato-upanishadaH |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13900941/1...hadah-Sanskrit
s002. sAmAnya vedAnta upanishadaH |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17564447/T...nta-Upanishads
s003. shaiva upanishadaH |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15083045/T...va-Upanishads-
s004. shAkta upanishadaH |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17518095/The-Shakta-Upanisads
s005. vaiShNava upanishadaH |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17501657/T...ava-Upanishads
s006. aprakAshitA (unpublished) upanishads |
http://www.archive.org/details/unpub...upani015935mbp
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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... |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9305018/Pr...-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 |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17503296/T...yasa-Upnishads
t007. shrInivAsa, subrahmaNya: Yoga Upanishads |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17364651/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 |
http://www.esnips.com/doc/c1c3e46a-3...Isha-Upanishad
e004. aurobindo: kena, prashna |
http://www.esnips.com/doc/b2ca4080-7...Kena-Upanishad
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 |
http://www.atmajyoti.org/up_katha_upanishad_1.asp
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... |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17300300/P...-Radhakrishnan
e017. SAKSHI: about... |
http://www.esnips.com/doc/67ef1a96-8...845/Upanishads
e018. sitAnAth tatvabhUShan: Theism... |
http://www.archive.org/details/theismofupshad00tattuoft
e019. tejasvinI: Self |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12795075/SELF
e020. vidyA sAgar: Metaphysics... |
http://www.archive.org/download/them...00sreeuoft.pdf
upanishads: English translations online:
http://www.shastras.com/108upanishads/
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upa-Rig: Rig veda upanishads
s001. aitereya upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...7_aitareya.pdf
e002. nikhilAnanda |
http://www.lalhost.com/pdf/aitareya_upanishad.pdf
s003. kauShItaki brAhmaNo upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...kaushitaki.pdf
s004. alt |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all...ushhiitaki.pdf
e005. translation |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...iUpanishad.pdf
upa-yas: shukla yajur veda upanishads
s001. IshAvAsya upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...ds_01_isha.pdf
s002. bhAShyam |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all...aghavendra.pdf
e003. meaning |
http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/ISHA.PDF
e004. rAmA |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2086170/Bo...m?autodown=pdf
e005. Muller |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...aUpanishad.pdf
s006. bRuhadAranyaka upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...adaranyaka.pdf
e007. kRuShNAnanda |
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/br..._Upanishad.pdf
s008. jAbAla upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan..._13_jabala.pdf
s009. paingala upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...5_paingala.pdf
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upa-yak: kRuShNa yajur veda upanishads
s001. taittirIya upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...taittiriya.pdf
s002. mahAnArAyaNa upanishad |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all...hanarayana.pdf
e003. vimalAnanda |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17520319/Mahanarayanopanisad
s004. mahAnArAyaNa upanishad (altver) |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...hanarayana.pdf
s005. yAjniki (aka mahAnArAyaNa) upanishad |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/yajniki.pdf
s006. shvetAshvatara upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...tashwatara.pdf
s007. kaThA upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...s_03_katha.pdf
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upa-sam: sAma veda upanishads
s001. ChAndogya upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan..._chandogya.pdf
e002. translation |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...aUpanishad.pdf
s003. kena upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...ds_02_kena.pdf
e004. translation |
http://www.cincinnatitemple.com/down...aUpanishad.pdf
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upa-ath: atharva veda upanishads
s001. muNDaka upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...05_mundaka.pdf
s002. mANDUkya upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...6_mandukya.pdf
e003. meaning |
http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/MANDUKYA.PDF
s004. prashna upanishad |
http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/upan...04_prashna.pdf
s005. atharvashira upanishad |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all...harvashira.pdf
s006. atharvashikha upanishad |
http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/all...arvashikha.pdf
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To continue with the minor upanishads in the next post.
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Re: A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts Translations
I like to suggest starting at the most elementary level of "language aquisition" by learning basic phrases as is done in real life the way children acquire language, aka, "immersion".
So with that approach in mind, I have formated flash cards of "Conversational Sanskrit":
here is a link to:
Sanskrit Flash Cards - In two parts
Each attachment is 10 Pages ---It is a MS Word Doc. There are total of two MS DOC attachments to down load.
The 20 pages after being Printed out ---must be combined to create double sided [Back to Back] pages totaling 10 pages.
Tip #1: Print-out unto card stock before cutting the sheets into 8 cards per each sheet.
Tip #2: An advanced office printer should be able to print out "Double Sided" documents ---if so, then simply print out straightaway ---since the pages are already 'consecutively' formated [the corresponding back-to-back pages are already collated in proper consecutive-numerical order]
Tip #3: If the sanskrit script (font) does not show [but scrambled text is seen]: your computer must have the font called: Indevr --some such program that 'displays Sanskrit Devanagari' as part of its function.
My computer has Indevr ---because I have installed a program that uses/displays the 'Indevr' font].
If your computer already does display the 'Indevr' font --then highlight the scrambled text and then choose and thus apply the 'Indevr font' [or other Variety of Sanskrit font] to the text.
So, you may just down load the 'Indevr' font [or other Variety of Sanskrit font].
Part 1 and 2 contain a total of 80 Flash Cards with more than a 100 common phrases in sanskrit.
So start soon --we all have a lot of catching up before we will be saying "Hello" & "How do you do?" & "Thank you" & "Good Morning" & count from 1 to 10 to a million, etc.
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It's in english on one side and written in sanskrit on the other side.
I got the phrases from The Book by Hari-Venu Prabhu's Book "Sanskrit Grammer" [He's a german Iskcon Brahmacaryi].
[NOTE: Your computer must have the 'Indr' or some other Sanskrit Font installed for the Devanagari to print out properly]
This is all free to who ever would like to learn sanskrit common speech phrases.
ys,
Bhaktajan
Comments welcomed.
http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/s...rds-1-2-a.html
Keep in mind that there are 6 Classes of Verbs in sanskrit & thus, there are 6 different ways to "congugate" verbs as per "Tense & number & Gender" ---so there is much to absorb on the path to being expert in the sanskrit literatures.
Similarly Nouns are also amended as per Number/Gender ["declensions"].
Verbs are 'congugated' per Tense/Number/Gender.
Nouns are 'declined' per Number/Gender.
Vowel [and consonants too] endings of words are amended (spoken or written) as per the following word's first letter.
Also, a Poster of the Sanskrit Alphabeth:
http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/s...th-poster.html
Also, in regards is 'sandhi' rules of vowels [there are Consonant sandhi-type rules too --not included here]:
http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/s...les-chart.html
Re: A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts Translations
Re: A Personal Library of Hindu Sanskrit Texts Translations
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