HANSEL

Human-Accessible
NLP-ready
Sanskrit E-text Library

Progress

Changes In-Progress

  • 12 Feb 2026: Yamāri's Pramāṇavārttikālaṅkāranibandha, Pramāṇasiddhi chapter (2025) submitted by editors E. Franco et al.
  • 1 June 2026: Bhāskara's Unmattarāghava (Nirṇay Sāgar 1899), submitted by T. Richard
  • more up-and-coming selections:
  • Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (Sternbach 1974–2021), vols. I–V from GRETIL, vols. VI–IX new
  • Bhāsarvajña's Nyāyabhūṣaṇa (Yogindrananda 1968), from Pramāṇa NLP (initial typing by S. Yamakami)
  • Somadeva's Kathāsaritsāgara (Nirṇay Sāgar 1915), from GRETIL (initial typing by J. Mallison et al.)
  • Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇaviniścaya (Steinkellner 2007; Hugon & Tomabechi 2011), from Pramāṇa NLP "back catalog"
  • Dharmakīrti's Hetubindu (Steinkellner 2016), from Pramāṇa NLP "back catalog"
  • Jinendrabuddhi's Viśālāmalavatī Pramānasamuccaya-Ṭīkā (Steinkellner 2005, 2012), from Pramāṇa NLP "back catalog"
  • Śrīharṣa's Naiṣadhīyacarita (Nirṇay Sāgar 1912/1288), from Wikisource/SanskritSahitya
  • Śāntarakṣita's Tattvasaṃgraha and Kamalaśīla's Pañjikā (Baroda 1926), from SARIT
  • Uddyotakara's Nyāyavārtika (Thakur 1997), new
  • Vācaspati Miśra's Nyāyavārtika-Tātparyaṭīkā (Thakur 1996), from SARIT

Latest Completed Changes

  • 19 Dec 2025: HANSEL launched with 4 items:
  • Bāṇa's Kādambarī (Peterson 1885) sourced from SARIT (digitized by A. Ollett)
  • Cintāmaṇi Bhaṭṭa's Śukasaptati “Textus Ornatior” (Schmidt 1899) sourced from Ambuda (digitized by S. Mahesh)
  • Śukasaptati “Textus Simplicior” (Schmidt 1893) submitted by V. Gostishchev
  • Kumārila's Ślokavārtika (Dvarikadasa Shstri 1978) digitized by H. Krasser
  • 6 Feb 2026: Added Vākyapadīya-Prameyasaṃgraha (Rau 1981) submitted by C. Li
  • Also added support for miscellaneous files outside the project-edition workflow
  • 30 Mar 2026: Added 2 texts and support for dramas (speakers, stage directions, chāyās)
  • Bhagavadajjuka (2009) submitted by editors R. Steiner and M. Straube, with spacing and chāyā by C. Ferstl
  • Nāgārjuna's Ratnāvalī (2024) submitted by editor Phur Tsham
  • 10 June 2026: Added Kṛṣṇamitra's Prabodha-Candrodaya (2009) submitted by editor M. Kapstein