Vande Mataram Library
By Prashant Tiwari
The Vision
To create the best technical resources for studying, learning, discussing and promoting Sanskrit.
The Problem
- Scattered resources
- Less than great user experience
- Accessibility across multiple platforms
- Personalisation
The Solution
- In-depth analysis and inspired translations
- Intuitive organisation
- Fluid and modern user experience and design
- Tailored to each individual user
- Comprehensive search
- Promote sharing and collaboration
- Provide the best solution for each platform
Analysis & Translation
- Record the roots, prefixes, suffixes, POS of each word
- Record the textual and metrical analyses of each verse
- Cross-reference and tag related documents
- Evolve a peer-review system to establish the most authentic and reliable translations
Organisation
vandemataramlibrary.org
- /mahabharata
- /mahabharata/6
- /mahabharata/6/24
- /mahabharata/6/24#p2
- /mahabharata/6/24#p2-3,11-53,55-72
On Learning Sanskrit
I learnt Sanskrit by reading the Naladamayanti episode in the Mahabharat ... with minute care several times.
- Sri Aurobindo
Personalisation
- Save progress, favourites, bookmarks
- Create and share collections around themes or episodes
- Compile into downloadable e-books
- Order a custom printed book
Search
- Search the original texts
- Search by metadata (e.g. the epoch, the Rishi, devatā, chhanda)
- Search by relevance (tags, cross-references)
Collaboration
- Start and manage theme-based blogs
- Collaborate on curated collections
- Automatically reference the entire corpus from all these tools
Advanced Computing
- Apply Deep Language Understanding for automation, and to surface interesting patterns of word usage throughout history
- Study the evolution of root sounds and their metamorphosis into word families as received today
Open source
Thank you
prashaantt@gmail.com