| # Buddhist Sanskrit Canon Dataset |
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| ## Overview |
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| This dataset contains cleaned Sanskrit texts from the **Buddhist Sanskrit Canon** collected from the **GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages)** digital library. |
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| The texts were originally provided in various formats (plain text, HTML transformations, and TEI XML). |
| This dataset standardizes and cleans the texts for computational analysis and machine learning applications. |
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| The dataset includes major Buddhist works such as: |
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| - Prajñāpāramitā texts |
| - Vinaya literature |
| - Avadāna collections |
| - Mahāyāna sūtras |
| - Dhāraṇī texts |
| - Stotras and commentarial works |
| - Yogācāra and Madhyamaka treatises |
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| Examples of included texts: |
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| - **Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra** |
| - **Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī** |
| - **Vinayaviniścaya (Upāli-paripṛcchā)** |
| - **Viśvantarāvadāna** |
| - **Vidyāsthānopama Sūtra** |
| - **Ratnamālāvadāna** |
| - **Divyāvadāna** |
| - **Lalitavistara** |
| - **Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra** |
| - **Prajñāpāramitā literature** |
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| The texts are represented in **IAST Roman Sanskrit**, with optional **Devanāgarī transliteration**. |
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| # Source |
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| The original texts were obtained from: |
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| **GRETIL – Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages** |
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| https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.html |
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| GRETIL provides electronic editions of classical Indian texts for scholarly use. |
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| # Dataset Maintainer |
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| Maintained and curated by: |
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| **DataSpoof** |
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| # Dataset Structure |
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| Each text is processed into structured sections. |
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| Example schema: |
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| | column | description | |
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| | section_id | unique identifier for each text section | |
| | roman_sanskrit | cleaned Sanskrit text in IAST | |
| | devanagari | automatically generated Devanāgarī transliteration | |
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| Example: |
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| ```csv |
| section_id,roman_sanskrit,devanagari |
| vimal_1,buddhakṣetrapariśuddhinidānam namaḥ sarvātītapratyutpannānāgatebhyo...,बुद्धक्षेत्रपरिशुद्धिनिदानम् नमः सर्वातीत... |
| visv_3,so 'pareṇa samayena devyā sārdhaṃ krīḍati...,सोऽपरेण समयेन देव्याः सार्धं क्रीडति... |
