| # 📜 Epics Dataset (Cleaned CSV Format) |
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| This repository contains cleaned and structured CSV datasets of major **Hindu Itihasa (Epics)** texts, originally sourced from |
| **GRETIL – Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages**. |
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| 🔗 Original Source: https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.html |
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| The raw Sanskrit texts were extracted from GRETIL and processed into machine-readable CSV format for research, NLP, and data science applications. |
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| ## 📚 About the Source |
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| **GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages)** |
| Maintained by the University of Göttingen, Germany. |
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| GRETIL provides digitized classical Indian texts, primarily in transliterated Sanskrit (IAST format). |
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| This repository does **not** claim ownership of the original texts. |
| It provides cleaned and structured CSV versions strictly for research and educational purposes. |
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| ## 🧹 Data Cleaning & Processing Steps |
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| The following preprocessing steps were applied: |
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| - Removed header and footer metadata |
| - Cleaned encoding inconsistencies |
| - Standardized chapter and verse formatting |
| - Removed irregular spacing and special symbols |
| - Normalized verse numbering |
| - Structured text into tabular format |
| - Added Devanagari script (where applicable) |
| - Exported into CSV format |
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| ## 📂 Available Epics |
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| The dataset includes cleaned CSV files for: |
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| - Bhagavad Gita |
| - Harivamsa |
| - Mahabharata (Narayaniya section) |
| - Valmiki Ramayana |
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| Each text is segmented at verse level for structured analysis. |
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| ## 🗂 Dataset Structure |
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| Each CSV file typically contains the following columns: |
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| | Column Name | Description | |
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| | Book / Parva / Kanda | Major division of the epic | |
| | Chapter / Adhyaya | Chapter number | |
| | Verse Number | Verse index | |
| | Verse Code | Unique verse identifier | |
| | Text (IAST) | Sanskrit text in transliteration | |
| | Text (Devanagari) | Sanskrit text in Devanagari script | |
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| > Note: Column names may vary slightly depending on the specific epic. |
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| ## 🎯 Possible Use Cases |
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| - Sanskrit NLP research |
| - LLM pretraining or fine-tuning |
| - Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) |
| - Semantic search systems |
| - Knowledge graph construction |
| - Story structure analysis |
| - Digital humanities research |
| - Comparative scriptural studies |
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| ## ⚠️ Disclaimer |
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| - The original texts are sourced from GRETIL. |
| - This repository provides cleaned and structured datasets for educational and research purposes only. |
| - For authoritative versions, please refer to GRETIL. |
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| ## 📌 Citation |
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| If you use this dataset in academic or research work, please cite: |
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| **GRETIL – Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages** |
| https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.html |
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| and reference this repository accordingly. |
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| ## 👤 Maintainer |
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| Maintained by: **dataspoof** |
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| For issues, improvements, or collaboration, feel free to open an issue or pull request. |
