Hanuman Chalisa
Tulsidas’s forty verses to Hanuman, with the opening and closing dohas, Roman letters and meanings verse by verse.
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Aarti · Om Jai Jagdish Hare
The aarti sung in countless homes and temples: eight stanzas with Roman letters, meanings and variant readings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsHanuman aarti · Aarti Keejai Hanuman Lala Ki
The Hanuman aarti sung after the Chalisa, with Roman letters, meanings and variant readings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsDurga aarti · Jai Ambe Gauri
The Durga aarti sung at Navratri and in daily Devi worship: thirteen stanzas with Roman letters, meanings and variant readings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsŚrī Sūktam
The Rigvedic hymn to Shri (Lakshmi): fifteen verses and the closing verse, with meanings and variant readings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsGanesha aarti · Jai Ganesh Deva
Jai Ganesh Deva: the full aarti, with Roman letters, meanings and the variant stanza.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsLakshmi aarti · Om Jai Lakshmi Mata
Om Jai Lakshmi Mata: the full aarti, with Roman letters and meanings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsGovardhan aarti · Shri Govardhan Maharaj
The Braj aarti to Govardhan sung on Annakut, with Roman letters and meanings.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsTulsi aarti · Jai Jai Tulsi Mata
The aarti sung at Tulsi Vivah and in daily Tulsi worship: six stanzas with meanings and variants.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsSatyanarayan aarti · Jai Lakshmi Ramana
The aarti sung at the end of the Satyanarayan katha: nine stanzas that retell the katha, with meanings and variants.
Complete text · Hindi & English meaning · sources and variantsIntroductions to the wider library
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Vedas & Vedangas
The four Vedas and the disciplines of Vedic study
The Vedic traditions
Four Vedas, several textual forms, and traditions that overlap.
Hindi + English · Original introductionRigveda
An introduction to the hymns and their place in the Vedic family.
Hindi + English · Original introductionYajurveda
Discover the Shukla and Krishna traditions without treating them as extra Vedas.
Hindi + English · Original introductionSamaveda
A first look at the relationship between text, melody and living transmission.
Hindi + English · Original introductionAtharvaveda
Meet the fourth Veda and the importance of its textual traditions.
Hindi + English · Original introductionSamhitas
Collections of hymns, mantras and ritual formulas, with different forms across the Vedas.
Hindi + English · Original introductionThe six Vedangas
Shiksha, Kalpa, Vyakarana, Nirukta, Chandas and Jyotisha.
Hindi + English · Original introductionज्ञान7 introductions
Brahmanas, Aranyakas & Upanishads
Ritual explanation, contemplation and inquiry
Brahmana texts
Vedic explanations of ritual, meaning and associated narratives.
Hindi + English · Original introductionAranyakas
A bridge of ritual and contemplative material with overlapping textual boundaries.
Hindi + English · Original introductionUpanishads
Questions about self, reality and knowledge, approached through named texts and interpretations.
Hindi + English · Original introductionAitareya Brahmana
A named example helps connect the broad category to a specific work.
Hindi + English · Original introductionTaittiriya Aranyaka
Find a named work within the broader Aranyaka family.
Hindi + English · Original introductionIsha Upanishad
Begin with a named Upanishad and keep text and interpretation distinct.
Hindi + English · Original introductionKatha Upanishad
A starting point for philosophical reading through a named text.
Hindi + English · Original introductionधर्म5 introductions
Gita, Ramayana & Mahabharata
The great narratives and their teaching traditions
Bhagavad Gita
A reading path through Arjuna’s questions and Krishna’s teaching.
Hindi + English · Original introductionValmiki Ramayana
Distinguish the Sanskrit epic from later devotional and regional retellings.
Hindi + English · Original introductionMahabharata
An extensive epic whose characters and choices invite careful contextual reading.
Hindi + English · Original introductionRamcharitmanas
Approach Tulsidas’s work as its own devotional text and poetic tradition.
Hindi + English · Original introductionEpics & Puranas
A source-aware route into Ramayana, Mahabharata and Purana narratives.
Hindi + English · Original introductionश्री2 introductions
Puranas & Devi Mahatmya
Devotion, narratives and the traditions of Devi
Understanding Purana traditions
A starting point for creation narratives, devotion, lineages and sacred places.
Hindi + English · Original introductionDevi Mahatmya · Durga Saptashati
Understand its thirteen chapters and its place in the worship companion.
Hindi + English · Original introductionभक्ति1 introductions
Stotras, Aarti & Puja
Prayer forms and practical worship companions
Stotra, Chalisa and Aarti
Recognise the form of a prayer before choosing a daily reading routine.
Hindi + English · Original introductionनीति2 introductions
Panchatantra, Hitopadesha & Values
Fables, thoughtful choices and family reading
Panchatantra & Hitopadesha
Fables that invite us to discuss motives, relationships and consequences.
Hindi + English · Original introductionHitopadesha
A distinct collection of fables, with some stories shared with Panchatantra traditions.
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