| # 📜 Puranas Dataset (Cleaned CSV Format) |
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| This repository contains cleaned and structured CSV datasets of major **Hindu Puranas**, originally sourced from the |
| **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 only provides cleaned and structured versions for research 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 verse formatting |
| - Removed special characters and irregular spacing |
| - Normalized verse numbering |
| - Structured text into tabular format |
| - Added Devanagari script (where applicable) |
| - Exported into CSV format |
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| ## 📂 Available Puranas |
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| The dataset includes cleaned CSV files for: |
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| - Agni Purana |
| - Bhagavata Purana |
| - Brahmanda Purana |
| - Brahma Purana |
| - Devi Bhagavata |
| - Garuda Purana |
| - Kurma Purana |
| - Markandeya Purana |
| - Matsya Purana |
| - Narada Purana |
| - Narasimha Purana |
| - Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7) |
| - Skanda Purana (Reva Khanda) |
| - Vamana Purana (Saromahatmya) |
| - Vayu Purana (Revakhanda) |
| - Vishnu Purana |
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| ## 🎯 Possible Use Cases |
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| - Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
| - Sanskrit language modeling |
| - Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) |
| - Knowledge graph construction |
| - Topic modeling |
| - Semantic search systems |
| - 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 data for educational and research purposes only. |
| - Please refer to GRETIL for the original and authoritative versions. |
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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. |
