A Word-Level Digital Reader of the Prasthanatrayi with Sankara's Bhasya: Corpus, Method, and an Open, Offline Reading Aid for the Advaita Vedanta Canon
arXiv:2607.07282v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Prasthanatrayi -- the ten principal Upanisads, the Brahmasutra, and the Bhagavadgita, with Sankara's commentaries (bhasya) -- is the foundational corpus of Advaita Vedanta. Continuous euphonic combination (sandhi), long compounds (samasa), and dense scholastic prose make it hard to read at the word level: where one word ends, and what each word means grammatically, are both obscured. We present an open, fully offline, word-level digital reader of the entire Prasthanatrayi with Sankara's bhasya. Every word -- of both the root text (mula) and t
The development of advanced AI and natural language processing capabilities makes such a word-level digital reader technically feasible now, particularly with a focus on historical and complex texts like the Prasthanatrayi.
This project represents an application of AI and digital humanities to cultural heritage, potentially democratizing access to complex ancient texts and aiding scholarship.
Access and interpretation of foundational Advaita Vedanta texts are made significantly easier for scholars and students through a highly granular, interactive digital tool, enabling new forms of research.
- · Digital humanities researchers
- · Sanskrit scholars
- · Students of Advaita Vedanta
- · Developers of offline AI tools
Increased accessibility and understanding of the Prasthanatrayi corpus.
Potential for new academic insights and interpretations of ancient Indian philosophy driven by word-level analysis.
The methodology could be applied to other complex ancient texts, fostering a broader digital transformation in textual scholarship globally.
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