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+# Buddhist Sanskrit Canon Dataset
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+## Overview
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+The dataset includes major Buddhist works such as:
+
+- Prajñāpāramitā texts
+- Vinaya literature
+- Avadāna collections
+- Mahāyāna sūtras
+- Dhāraṇī texts
+- Stotras and commentarial works
+- Yogācāra and Madhyamaka treatises
+
+Examples of included texts:
+
+- **Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra**
+- **Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī**
+- **Vinayaviniścaya (Upāli-paripṛcchā)**
+- **Viśvantarāvadāna**
+- **Vidyāsthānopama Sūtra**
+- **Ratnamālāvadāna**
+- **Divyāvadāna**
+- **Lalitavistara**
+- **Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra**
+- **Prajñāpāramitā literature**
+
+The texts are represented in **IAST Roman Sanskrit**, with optional **Devanāgarī transliteration**.
+
+---
+
+# Source
+
+The original texts were obtained from:
+
+**GRETIL – Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages**
+
+https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.html
+
+GRETIL provides electronic editions of classical Indian texts for scholarly use.
+
+---
+
+# Dataset Maintainer
+
+Maintained and curated by:
+
+**DataSpoof**
+
+---
+
+# Dataset Structure
+
+Each text is processed into structured sections.
+
+Example schema:
+
+| column | description |
+|------|-------------|
+| section_id | unique identifier for each text section |
+| roman_sanskrit | cleaned Sanskrit text in IAST |
+| devanagari | automatically generated Devanāgarī transliteration |
+
+Example:
+
+```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...