# Buddhist Sanskrit Canon Dataset

## 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**.

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# 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.

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# Dataset Maintainer

Maintained and curated by:

**DataSpoof**

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# 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...