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॥ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ॥

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वेदानां सारम् — The Essence of the Vedas

A complete digital library of ancient Hindu scriptures — from the Rigveda to the Puranas. Read in Sanskrit, Hindi & English. Hear correct pronunciation. Explore the eternal wisdom of Sanatan Dharma.

4 Vedas
108+ Upanishads
18 Puranas
3 Languages
The Sacred Canon

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Arranged by tradition and period — from the most ancient Shruti to the vast Smriti literature.

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c. 1500 – 1200 BCE
The Four Vedas
चत्वारो वेदाः

Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda & Atharvaveda — the foundational Shruti. The oldest sacred texts of humanity.

4 Vedas · 20,000+ mantras
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c. 900 – 600 BCE
Brahmanas & Aranyakas
ब्राह्मणानि आरण्यकानि च

Ritualistic commentaries and forest treatises bridging external sacrifice and inner contemplation.

~18 Brahmanas
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c. 800 – 200 BCE
Upanishads
उपनिषदः

The philosophical crown of the Vedas — 108 texts on Brahman, Atman, consciousness and liberation.

108+ Upanishads
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c. 400 BCE – 400 CE
Itihasas
इतिहासाः

Ramayana & Mahabharata — the great epics. Including the Bhagavad Gita, the song divine.

2 Epics · 100,000+ verses
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c. 300 – 1200 CE
Puranas
पुराणानि

18 Mahapuranas & 18 Upapuranas — cosmic histories, devotional lore, cosmology and genealogies.

36 Puranas · 400,000+ verses
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c. 600 BCE – 200 CE
Darshanas
दर्शनानि

Six orthodox philosophical schools — Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, Vedanta.

6 Schools of thought
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c. 200 BCE – 600 CE
Dharmashastra
धर्मशास्त्रम्

Manusmriti, Yajnavalkya Smriti and other texts on law, ethics, duty and governance.

Smritis & Sutras
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c. 500 – 1200 CE
Agamas & Tantras
आगमाः तन्त्राणि च

Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta Agamas — devotional and tantric traditions with ritual manuals.

Shaiva · Vaishnava · Shakta
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c. 1000 – 500 BCE
Vedangas & Upavedas
वेदाङ्गानि उपवेदाश्च

Six limbs of the Vedas (phonetics, grammar, metre…) and four auxiliary Vedas incl. Ayurveda.

6 Vedangas · 4 Upavedas
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Verse of the Day

A new verse each day from the vast ocean of scripture, with pronunciation and meaning.

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
मा कश्चिद् दुःखभाग् भवेत्॥
Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ · Sarve santu nirāmayāḥ
Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu · Mā kaścid duḥkhabhāg bhavet
May all beings be happy · May all be free from disease
May all see what is auspicious · May none suffer
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad · 1.4.14
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From the most ancient mantras to the devotional traditions — 3,500 years of unbroken wisdom.

c. 1500 BCE
Rigveda composed
ऋग्वेदः
The oldest surviving text of any Indo-European language. 10 Mandalas, 1,028 hymns.
c. 1200–900 BCE
Later Vedas & Brahmanas
यजुर्वेदः · सामवेदः · अथर्ववेदः
Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda. Brahmana literature explaining ritual.
c. 800–200 BCE
Principal Upanishads
मुख्योपनिषदः
Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, Katha, Mundaka — the philosophical revolution of Vedanta.
c. 500–100 BCE
Mahabharata & Ramayana
महाभारतम् · रामायणम्
The two great epics crystallised. Bhagavad Gita embedded in Mahabharata (~200 BCE).
c. 300–900 CE
Puranic Age
पुराणयुगम्
The 18 Mahapuranas compiled — Bhagavata, Vishnu, Shiva, Devi Bhagavata and more.
c. 788–1200 CE
Classical Commentaries
टीका परम्परा
Adi Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya — the great commentarial tradition.
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