Dear Harry, 

Thanks for the shoutout and for adding these texts! I had met Jan many years ago and was impressed by him both as a Sanskritist and a person. I’m truly glad his legacy is going to live on in this new form. Thank you for the amazing resource you created.

Gratefully,
Radha 

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Subject: [INDOLOGY] 294 etexts from Gaudiya Grantha Mandira added to the Searchable Aggregate Library of Sanskrit
 
Dear list members,

294 sanskrit etexts have been added from the Gaudiya Grantha Mandira collection http://grantha.jiva.org/
to the Searchable Aggregate Library of Sanskrit https://searchable-sanskrit-library.org/

Firstly thanks to Radha Blinderman, who pointed out this collection to me.  I was not aware of it and when I searched the indology archives it was only mentioned there once.  The collection contains both texts from within the Gaudiya tradition and outside that tradition. It covers the topics of alaṅkāra, bhakti-rasa, caritāmṛta (biography), chandasa, darśana (philosophy), kama-śāstra, kāvya, nāṭaka, purāṇa, smṛti, stotra, subhāṣita, upaniṣad, vyākaraṇa, tantra and pāñcarātra, yoga and other.

The main editor appears to be Jan Brzezinski aka Jagadananda Das, who I enquired about recently.  I was told offlist that he passed away in 2024 and my informers also praised his qualities as a sanskritist, so perhaps this inclusion will help protect his legacy.

I've attached a pdf of the  title list of the texts included.  For details of the subject each text covers visit the Gandira Grantha Mandira website which separates the texts by subject and indicates if they are from the Gaudiya tradition or not.

So finally thanks to the Jiva organisation who made this collection available to all, stating on their discussion list:
 From: https://gaudiyadiscussions.gaudiya.com/topic_543.html

This repository of texts is an effort to collect, edit, and make available important and often rare Sanskrit and Bengali texts that belong to the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition. It is for the use of any and all scholars of Sanskrit, Bengali, and the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition. It will eventually contain carefully edited and proofread editions of the whole corpus of Caitanya Vaisnava texts and many other important Sanskrit texts from other traditions and fields of study.

This brings the total number of texts in the searchable sanskrit library to 1851.

Thanks,

Harry Spier