Scanned Sanskrit Documents
The following links direct to Sanskrit books available on internet in scanned format.
If you find other centers or links that have scanned documents in Sanskrit, please send a note to sanskrit@cheerful.com.
For encoded Sanskrit documents visit main page or list of texts elsewhere.
- Government of India has spent large amount of resources
in scanning and preserving many books in various languages. The Digital Library of India (DLI) has many centers with different collection of books in various languages categorized differently. Download and install Alternatiff plugin for faster viewing.
- archive.org for scanned books, live music archive, moving images, audio. (Sanskritlist, Marathilist). The books are available in different formats. Download and install DJVU viewer for faster viewing.
- books.google.com (Sanskritlist, Marathilist). Use full view texts. The books are available in PDF format.
Books/documents that are not scanned.
Here are some links of scripts or software developed to download series of TIF image files from the Digital library collection.
Script 1,
Script 2,
Commercial 1.
If you have already downloaded books, especially Sanskrit/Marathi ones, and would like to offer them for public use, please send a note with links or mode of transfer to sanskrit@cheerful.com.
Links to downloaded files from Digital Library of India
- Sri Vaidyanatha Deekshitiya Smrti Muktaphalam and at 2.
- Jyotish and Sanskrit Grammar texts on Joseph Leichter 's wilbourhall.org. Specifically
Aryabhatiya, Bhaskaracarya's Siddhanta Siromani, Brahmagupta's Brahma-Sphuta-Siddhanta, Jagannatha Samrat's Rekhaganita, Minaraja'a Vrddhayavanjataka, Panini- Kashika, Mahabhashya, Surya Siddhanta, Varahamihira's Pancasiddhantika, Brihat Samhita, Brhat Jataka et cetera.
Please send a note to sanskrit@cheerful.com for additions.
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