Announcing JainGPT – A Semantic search for Jain literature

(chatgpt for Jain Literature)

We are thrilled to unveil our latest achievement: JainGPT.org, a website powered by Semantic search & Machine Learning, dedicated to Jain literature. Our team member, Anish Visaria has been hard at work, processing an immense collection of over half a million pages of literary texts. The outcome of these efforts is nothing short of remarkable - a robust semantic search capability, akin to the incredible ChatGPT by OpenAI. This feature allows you to delve deep into Jain texts, making it easier than ever to uncover their true meanings.

Here's how you can experience the magic of JainGPT

1.    Visit us at JainGPT.org

2.    Simply type your question or use the provided examples in the prompt box.

3.    In no time, you'll receive chat responses that convey the semantic meanings you seek along with source reference.

4.    Click on the source page links to access the exact page and book files on jainelibrary.org

Please note that our system primarily supports English queries at the moment. However, it's now equipped to extract basic meaning from Hindi, Gujarati, and Sanskrit.

But that's not all! We have exciting plans for the future:

1. Content Refinement: We're dedicated to elevating the quality of our JaineLibrary OCRed book content. To achieve this, we'll be using cutting-edge Language Models like GPT3.5 and Llama 2 to clean and organize the material. This refined content will be readily available on JainGPT, enhancing accessibility and usability.
2. Generative Responses: We understand the unique challenges posed by Jain vocabulary and context limitations. Yet, we're exploring the possibility of enabling generative responses using Language Models on JainGPT. This, of course, hinges on achieving the required accuracy levels and usefulness.

Few examples of our search and results it provides…

1.    Why do Jains do paryushan?

·         The purpose of life according to Jain teachings is to realize oneself, as well as to experience wholeness, peace, compassion, and reverence for all life. Therefore, the real purpose of Paryushan is to purify our soul by observing and correcting our own faults, asking for forgiveness for the mistakes we have committed, and taking vows to minimize our faults. During Paryushan we should strive to minimize our worldly affairs so that we can.

·         Paryushan Parva is the most important festival of Jains. During that eight-day period, many Jains fast and carry out religious activities. Paryushan Parva falls during the months of August and/or September. The word Paryushan is derived from two words meaning, 'Resorting to all round spiritual pursuit', and Parva means celebration. It is a period of repentance for the acts during the year and of austerities to help shed the accumulated karmas

2.    Why should you not eat after sunset ?

·         A widely popular Jain practice is to avoid any food after sunset. People attribute several reasons behind it including the inability to cook during night as there was no electricity in ancient times. Some reason was that it was to avoid insects etc. But, Mahapragva says that the true reason is far more important and scientific: the digestion of food is accelerated in the presence of sunlight. Our 1cars-sharir gets its energy from the sun.

·         Jains usually try to eat before sunset since many visible and invisible lives thrive at night and we are in danger of consuming them. Eating before sunset also allows plenty of time for the digestive system to function properly.

3.    Explain Anuyog in simple words

·         ANUYOG (Inquiry and Research) Anuyog means exposition, description, or explanation. In the Jain Shastras there are expositions of countless subjects. These have been classified into four kinds. Therefore, there are mainly four kinds of Anuyog.

·         107. Question-What is this, Anuyog? Answer-Anuyog is said to be of two types-1. Mools Prathamanuyog, and 2. Gandikanuyog.

So basically, we can just type our questions in semantic words and respective answers with the sources from the books will show up. Hope you can utilize it to answer your religious, spiritual and Jain cultural questions.

Our commitment remains steadfast in improving platforms and projects that promote Jain literature. Your feedback, from the Jain community and beyond, is invaluable to us as we continue this journey. If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to get in touch on this feedback form.

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Here’s the list of all our sites.

Project -- Website / URL

• Jain Elibrary -- https://jainelibrary.org/
• Jain Quantum -- https://jainqq.org/
• Jain GPT -- https://jaingpt.org/
• Agam Search -- https://jainelibrary.org/aagam-listing/
• JAB - Jain Academic Bowl -- https://bit.ly/JainAcademicBowl
• Jainism-Says Blog -- https://jainism-says.blogspot.com/
• Jain Adult Workshops -- https://www.youtube.com/jainworkshopusa

For any question about jaingpt or jainqq please contact

Anish Visaria – quantum@jainelibrary.org

For other queries reach out to

Pravin Shah | Jain eLibrary - In charge

+1 919-889-1900 | jainaedu@gmail.com

Raj J Salecha | Co-ordinator

+1 401-400-2030 | contact@jainelibrary.org