Sacred Learning

Sacred Scriptures of Sanatana Dharma

Explore the Vedas, Upanishads, Valmiki Ramayana, Vyasa Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita through their verses, meanings and living wisdom.

This library begins with the oral and contemplative character of the tradition. The Vedas were first a voice in a lineage; the Upanishads keep the heat of that hearing beside a teacher; the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata carry dharma in story; the Gītā speaks on a battlefield and still speaks in a quiet house.

Shree Meenananda Ashram opens these pages as a public study path. A name on a list is an invitation. Where a verse is ready, you will see the Sanskrit, a careful English, Bengali and Hindi rendering, and a separate Ashram explanation. Where only an index is ready, the page says so.

This scripture room sits beside Gujhya Gyan, paddhati, festival tithi, Guruji’s life, and the Ashram books. Diksha remains a gift received from the Guru.

Four Vedas Śākhās named; selected verses available Upanishads Principal Upanishads and the traditional Muktika list of 108 Śākta and Tantric Upanishads Ten Upanishads of the Goddess Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Seven kāṇḍas Vyāsa Mahābhārata Eighteen parvans and Harivamsha Bhagavad Gītā Eighteen chapters; selected verses available Mantra library Sound, meaning and practice How to use this library How texts are identified Pronunciation and transliteration Textual traditions Sacred Stories and Visual Knowledge Twelve source-based visual guides