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Prabhupāda Says — Project Context
What this project is
A Next.js app that converts legacy RTF files containing Vedic scriptures and teachings by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda into structured, browsable content with proper Unicode Sanskrit.
The original RTF files use custom font encodings (Indevr, ScaGoudy, Inbenr/Inbeni, RM Devanagari, Balaram, etc.) where ASCII characters map to Devanagari/Bengali glyphs and IAST diacritical marks. The extraction pipeline decodes these into proper Unicode, generates Devanagari from IAST, and stores everything in MongoDB for serving via a Next.js frontend.
Tech Stack
- Next.js 16 with Turbopack, React 19, TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS v4 with
@tailwindcss/postcss - shadcn/ui (base-nova style, lucide icons) — components: Button, Card, Badge, Tooltip, Input, Drawer
- next-themes for dark/light/system mode
- vaul for mobile drawer navigation
- Prisma v6 with MongoDB (provider
prisma-client-js) - MongoDB native driver (
mongodbpackage) for seeding (Prisma requires replica set for writes) - Python 3 with BeautifulSoup4 +
indic-transliterationfor HTML extraction scripts - Database: MongoDB at
DATABASE_URLenv variable with?authSource=admin
Project Structure
spsays-training/
├── app/
│ ├── page.tsx → Landing page with Logo, links to Books/Essays/Journals/Glossary/Other Documents/RTFs
│ ├── layout.tsx → ThemeProvider + TooltipProvider + PasswordGate wrapper
│ ├── globals.css → Vintage color palette + reading settings CSS
│ ├── books/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Books index (searchable grid, diacritic-aware search)
│ │ ├── books-grid.tsx → Client component for searchable book grid
│ │ ├── chapter-viewer.tsx → Shared client component for verse-based books (BG/SB/CC/SB1962)
│ │ ├── extracted-verse-count.tsx → (i) tooltip for verse counts
│ │ ├── bg/ → Bhagavad-gītā (18 chapters, 653 verses)
│ │ ├── sb/ → Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10 cantos, 8258 verses)
│ │ ├── cc/ → Caitanya-caritāmṛta (3 līlās, 11348 verses)
│ │ ├── sb1962/ → SB First Canto 1962 Edition (19 chapters, 762 verses)
│ │ ├── kb/ → Kṛṣṇa Book (89 chapters, 2 volumes)
│ │ ├── nod/ → The Nectar of Devotion (51 chapters, 4 parts)
│ │ ├── tlc/ → Teachings of Lord Caitanya (32 chapters, 2 parts)
│ │ ├── iso/ → Śrī Īśopaniṣad (18 mantras + invocation)
│ │ ├── noi/ → The Nectar of Instruction (11 texts)
│ │ ├── ej/ → Easy Journey to Other Planets (2 chapters)
│ │ ├── ek/ → Elevation to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness (6 chapters)
│ │ ├── mg/ → Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: The Matchless Gift (7 chapters)
│ │ ├── bbd/ → Beyond Birth and Death (5 chapters)
│ │ ├── owk/ → On the Way to Kṛṣṇa (5 chapters)
│ │ ├── rv/ → Rāja-vidyā: The King of Knowledge (8 chapters)
│ │ ├── poy/ → The Perfection of Yoga (11 chapters)
│ │ ├── pqpa/ → Perfect Questions Perfect Answers (9 chapters)
│ │ ├── ttp/ → Transcendental Teachings of Prahlāda Mahārāja (5 chapters)
│ │ ├── ochkm/ → On Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra (4 chapters)
│ │ ├── hkh/ → The Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Handbook (19 chapters)
│ │ ├── ssr/ → The Science of Self-Realization (8 chapters, 50 sub-chapters)
│ │ ├── ds/ → Dialectic Spiritualism (13 chapters, 36 sub-chapters)
│ │ └── va/ → Vaiśiṣṭyāṣṭakam (8 chapters)
│ ├── magazines/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Magazines index page (grouped by flag: "Pre 1978")
│ │ └── [slug]/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Magazine issue listing (grouped by volume)
│ │ └── [issue]/page.tsx → Individual issue reader with sidebar
│ ├── letters/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Letters index with 3-way nav (year/recipient/location)
│ │ ├── letters-nav.tsx → Client component for tab navigation
│ │ ├── letters-browser.tsx → Client component with search + pagination
│ │ ├── [slug]/page.tsx → Individual letter reader with prev/next
│ │ ├── year/[year]/page.tsx → Letters filtered by year
│ │ ├── recipient/[name]/page.tsx → Letters filtered by recipient
│ │ └── location/[name]/page.tsx → Letters filtered by location
│ ├── essays/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Essays grid page (searchable)
│ │ ├── essays-grid.tsx → Client component for searchable essay grid
│ │ └── [slug]/page.tsx → Individual essay reader
│ ├── journals/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Journals index page (grid)
│ │ └── [slug]/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Journal chapter listing (hierarchical: months → days)
│ │ └── [chapter]/page.tsx → Individual journal entry reader
│ ├── other-documents/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Other documents grid page (searchable)
│ │ ├── other-documents-grid.tsx → Client component for searchable grid
│ │ └── [slug]/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Document chapter listing
│ │ └── [chapter]/page.tsx → Individual chapter reader
│ ├── glossary/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → Server component wrapper
│ │ └── glossary-client.tsx → Searchable client component (2749 entries)
│ ├── rtfs/
│ │ ├── page.tsx → RTF file listing (gated by ALLOW_RTF env)
│ │ └── [slug]/page.tsx → RTF iframe viewer
│ └── api/
│ ├── books/
│ │ ├── route.ts → GET all book metas
│ │ └── [book]/
│ │ ├── route.ts → GET single book meta
│ │ └── verses/route.ts → GET verses (?chapter=&verse=&division=&indexOnly=&page=&limit=)
│ ├── glossary/route.ts → GET all glossary entries
│ └── verify-access/route.ts → GET (check if password enabled) + POST (validate key)
├── components/
│ ├── ui/ → shadcn components (button, card, badge, tooltip, input, drawer)
│ ├── page-header.tsx → Shared header with ReadingSettings
│ ├── reading-settings.tsx → Theme/font/size/justify accessibility settings panel
│ ├── mobile-nav.tsx → Left-slide drawer for mobile sidebar navigation
│ ├── logo.tsx → Theme-aware logo component (light/dark variants)
│ ├── password-gate.tsx → Client-side password protection (runtime check)
│ └── theme-provider.tsx → next-themes wrapper
├── lib/
│ ├── db.ts → Prisma client singleton
│ ├── api.ts → Data access layer (getAllBooks, getBookMeta, getChapterVerses, etc.)
│ ├── utils.ts → cn() helper
│ ├── nod.ts → NoD data access (Prisma)
│ ├── tlc.ts → TLC data access (Prisma)
│ ├── iso.ts → Īśopaniṣad data access (Prisma)
│ ├── noi.ts → NoI data access (Prisma)
│ ├── ej.ts → Easy Journey data access (Prisma)
│ ├── ek.ts → Elevation to KC data access (Prisma)
│ ├── mg.ts → Matchless Gift data access (Prisma)
│ ├── bbd.ts → Beyond Birth and Death data access (Prisma)
│ ├── owk.ts → On the Way to Kṛṣṇa data access (Prisma)
│ ├── rv.ts → Rāja-vidyā data access (Prisma)
│ ├── poy.ts → Perfection of Yoga data access (Prisma)
│ ├── pqpa.ts → Perfect Questions data access (Prisma)
│ ├── ttp.ts → Prahlāda Mahārāja data access (Prisma)
│ ├── ochkm.ts → On Chanting data access (Prisma)
│ ├── hkh.ts → KC Handbook data access (Prisma)
│ ├── ssr.ts → Science of Self-Realization data access (Prisma, hierarchical)
│ ├── ds.ts → Dialectic Spiritualism data access (Prisma, hierarchical)
│ ├── te.ts → Two Essays data access (Prisma, uses essays collection)
│ ├── va.ts → Vaiśiṣṭyāṣṭakam data access (Prisma)
│ ├── other-documents.ts → Other Documents data access (Prisma, dedicated collections)
│ ├── journals.ts → Journals data access (Prisma, dedicated collections)
│ ├── magazines.ts → Magazines data access (Prisma, dedicated collections)
│ ├── letters.ts → Letters data access (Prisma, queries by year/recipient/location)
│ └── jsons/books/ → Extracted JSON data (all books)
│ ├── bg/, sb/, cc/, sb-1962/, kb/ → Original verse/prose books
│ ├── nod/, tlc/, iso/, noi/ → Extracted from other.html
│ ├── ej/, ek/, mg/, bbd/, owk/ → Small prose books
│ ├── rv/, poy/, pqpa/, ttp/, ochkm/ → More prose books
│ ├── hkh/, ssr/, ds/ → Large structured books
│ ├── te/ → Two Essays
│ ├── va/ → Vaiśiṣṭyāṣṭakam
│ ├── glossary/index.json → 2,749 glossary entries
│ ├── essays/ → Essay JSON files (pre-1977, cc-essays, standalone, etc.)
│ ├── other-documents/ → Other document JSON files (12 documents)
│ ├── journals/ → Journal JSON files (2 journals, 300 chapters)
│ ├── magazines/ → Magazine JSON files (2 magazines, 59 issues)
│ │ ├── btg/ → Back to Godhead (1944–1960), 29 issues
│ │ └── btg-1978/ → Back to Godhead (1966–1973), 30 issues
│ └── letters/ → Letter JSON files (6,866 letters, grouped by year)
│ ├── index.json → Summary index (stats, top recipients/locations)
│ ├── 1947.json … 1977.json → 28 year-based letter files
│ └── undated.json → 58 undated letters
├── prisma/
│ └── schema.prisma → Verse, BookMeta, ProseChapter, Essay, GlossaryEntry, OtherDocumentMeta, OtherDocumentChapter, JournalMeta, JournalChapter, MagazineMeta, MagazineIssue, Letter models
├── scripts/
│ ├── bg_extract.py → BG extraction from bg.html
│ ├── sb_extract.py → SB extraction from sb.html
│ ├── cc_extract.py → CC extraction from cc.html
│ ├── sb1962_extract.py → 1962 SB extraction
│ ├── nod_extract.py → NoD extraction from other.html
│ ├── tlc_extract.py → TLC extraction from other.html
│ ├── iso_extract.py → Īśopaniṣad extraction from other.html
│ ├── noi_extract.py → NoI extraction from other.html
│ ├── ej_extract.py → Easy Journey extraction
│ ├── ek_extract.py → Elevation to KC extraction
│ ├── mg_extract.py → Matchless Gift extraction
│ ├── bbd_extract.py → Beyond Birth and Death extraction
│ ├── owk_extract.py → On the Way to Kṛṣṇa extraction
│ ├── rv_extract.py → Rāja-vidyā extraction
│ ├── poy_extract.py → Perfection of Yoga extraction
│ ├── pqpa_extract.py → Perfect Questions extraction
│ ├── ttp_extract.py → Prahlāda Mahārāja extraction
│ ├── ochkm_extract.py → On Chanting extraction
│ ├── hkh_extract.py → KC Handbook extraction
│ ├── ssr_extract.py → Science of Self-Realization extraction (hierarchical sub-chapters)
│ ├── ds_extract.py → Dialectic Spiritualism extraction (hierarchical sub-chapters)
│ ├── te_extract.py → Two Essays extraction
│ ├── glossary_extract.py → Glossary extraction
│ ├── seed-db.ts → Main MongoDB seeder (BG, SB, CC, SB1962, KB, glossary)
│ ├── seed-nod.ts … seed-ds.ts → Individual book seeders
│ ├── seed-te.ts → Two Essays seeder (uses essays collection)
│ ├── seed-va.ts → Vaiśiṣṭyāṣṭakam seeder
│ ├── seed-pre-1977-essays.ts → Pre-1977 essays seeder (13 essays)
│ ├── seed-other-documents.ts → Other documents seeder (dedicated collections)
│ ├── seed-journals.ts → Journals seeder (dedicated collections)
│ ├── jaladuta_diary_extract.py → Jaladuta Diary extraction (83 day entries)
│ ├── the_beginning_extract.py → The Beginning extraction (189 day entries + 20 excerpts)
│ ├── btg_extract.py → BTG (1944–1960) extraction from btg-1960.html
│ ├── btg_1978_extract.py → BTG (1966–1973) extraction from btg-1978.html
│ ├── seed-magazines.ts → Magazines seeder (dedicated collections)
│ ├── letters_extract.py → Letters extraction from letters.html (6,866 letters)
│ ├── seed-letters.ts → Letters seeder (per-document inserts)
│ ├── kb_extract_*.py → KB extraction scripts (intro, vol1, vol2)
│ ├── inject-fonts.py → Inject @font-face rules into converted HTML
│ └── fix-bengali-encoding.py → Fix Bengali font encoding in cc.html
└── public/
├── rtfs/ → Original RTF files (~430MB, 17 files)
├── html/ → HTML converted from RTF (textutil + @font-face injection)
├── fonts/ → Custom TTF fonts (Balaram, ScaGoudy, Indevr, Inbenr, RM Devanagari, etc.)
├── logo_dark.png → Logo for light theme (with "says.org")
├── logo_light.png → Logo for dark theme (subtle script)
└── robots.txt → Disallow all crawlers
Database Schema (Prisma + MongoDB)
type Synonym {
word String
meanings String[]
}
model Verse {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String // "bg" | "sb" | "cc" | "sb1962" | "iso" | "noi"
division String? // null for BG/SB1962/ISO/NOI; canto for SB; lila for CC
chapter Int
verse Int
verseEnd Int?
reference String
bookTitle String
devanagari String
bengali String? // only CC has Bengali
transliteration String
synonyms Synonym[]
translation String
purport String[]
@@unique([book, division, chapter, verse])
@@index([book])
@@index([book, division])
@@index([book, division, chapter])
@@map("verses")
}
model BookMeta {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String @unique
data Json
@@map("book_meta")
}
model ProseChapter {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String
volume Int // 0 = no volumes (sentinel for non-volume books)
chapter Int? // null for intro segments
title String
type String // "chapter" | "intro-segment" | "conclusion"
slug String
order Int
paragraphs String[]
@@unique([book, volume, slug])
@@index([book])
@@index([book, volume])
@@index([book, volume, type])
@@map("prose_chapters")
}
model Essay {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
slug String @unique
title String
author String
year Int?
group String? // e.g., "two-essays"
order Int
paragraphs String[]
@@index([group])
@@map("essays")
}
model OtherDocumentMeta {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String @unique
data Json
@@map("other_document_meta")
}
model OtherDocumentChapter {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String
chapter Int
title String
type String
slug String
order Int
paragraphs String[]
@@unique([book, slug])
@@index([book])
@@map("other_document_chapters")
}
model JournalMeta {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String @unique
data Json
@@map("journal_meta")
}
model JournalChapter {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String
chapter Int
title String
type String
slug String
order Int
paragraphs String[]
@@unique([book, slug])
@@index([book])
@@map("journal_chapters")
}
model MagazineMeta {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String @unique
data Json
@@map("magazine_meta")
}
model MagazineIssue {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
book String
volume Int
part Int
title String
slug String
order Int
paragraphs String[]
paragraphsJson String? // JSON string fallback for large issues (BSON wire protocol workaround)
@@unique([book, slug])
@@index([book])
@@index([book, volume])
@@map("magazine_issues")
}
model Letter {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
slug String @unique
recipients String[] // array of individual recipient names
recipientDisplay String // original combined string for display
date String?
dateRef String?
year Int?
month Int?
day Int?
location String?
salutation String?
paragraphs String[]
@@index([year])
@@index([recipients])
@@index([location])
@@index([year, month])
@@map("letters")
}
model GlossaryEntry {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
term String
definition String
definitionHtml String
@@unique([term])
@@map("glossary")
}
model Disciple {
id String @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
initiatedName String
suffix String // "Dasa" | "Devi Dasi" | "Sw"
initiationDate DateTime? // 1st of the month (exact day unknown unless verified)
initiationPlace String?
karmiName String? // pre-initiation (birth) name
avatar String? // URL to profile photo
about String? // biographical notes
tags String[]
isVerified Boolean @default(false)
@@index([initiatedName])
@@index([initiationPlace])
@@index([initiationDate])
@@index([suffix])
@@index([tags])
@@map("disciples")
}
Disciples Collection
Scraped from https://sp.krishna.com/disciples_a through disciples_y (21 letter pages; F, Q, W, X, Z have no pages).
- Total: 4,747 disciples
- 3,296 Dasa, 1,450 Devi Dasi, 1 Svāmī
- 4,554 have initiation dates (month + year); 193 are missing dates
- 4,703 have initiation places; 44 are missing places
- Initiation dates are set to the 1st day of the month (exact day unknown from this source)
- On the UI, exact dates should only be shown when
isVerifiedistrue karmiName,avatar,about, andtagsare empty by default — intended for manual curation
Data files: data/disciples_a_b_c_d_e.json, data/disciples_g_to_l.json, data/disciples_m_n_o_p.json, data/disciples_r_s_t.json, data/disciples_u_v_y.json
Seed script: npx tsx scripts/seed-disciples.ts
Books Extracted
Verse-based Books (stored in verses collection)
| Book | Code | Verses | Chapters | Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhagavad-gītā As It Is | bg |
653 | 18 | — |
| Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam | sb |
8,258 | 213 | 10 cantos |
| Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta | cc |
11,348 | 62 | 3 līlās |
| SB First Canto (1962 Edition) | sb1962 |
762 | 19 | — |
| Śrī Īśopaniṣad | iso |
19 | — | Invocation + 18 mantras |
| The Nectar of Instruction | noi |
11 | — | 11 texts |
| Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā | bs |
62 | 1 (Ch. 5) | — |
| Mukunda-mālā-stotra | mm |
6 | 1 | — |
| Nārada-bhakti-sūtra | nbs |
8 | 1 | — |
Prose Books (stored in prose_chapters collection)
| Book | Code | Chapters | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kṛṣṇa Book | kb |
89 (2 volumes) | other.html |
| The Nectar of Devotion | nod |
51 (4 parts) | other.html |
| Teachings of Lord Caitanya | tlc |
32 (2 parts) | other.html (1968 ed., plain English) |
| Easy Journey to Other Planets | ej |
2 | other.html |
| Elevation to Kṛṣṇa Consciousness | ek |
6 | other.html |
| Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: The Matchless Gift | mg |
7 | other.html |
| Beyond Birth and Death | bbd |
5 | other.html |
| On the Way to Kṛṣṇa | owk |
5 | other.html |
| Rāja-vidyā: The King of Knowledge | rv |
8 | other.html |
| The Perfection of Yoga | poy |
11 | other.html |
| Perfect Questions Perfect Answers | pqpa |
9 | other.html |
| Transcendental Teachings of Prahlāda Mahārāja | ttp |
5 | other.html |
| On Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra | ochkm |
4 | other.html |
| The Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Handbook | hkh |
19 | other.html |
| The Science of Self-Realization | ssr |
50 sub-chapters (8 parents) | other.html |
| Dialectic Spiritualism | ds |
36 sub-chapters (13 parents) | other.html |
| Life Comes from Life | lcl |
16 | other.html |
| Light of the Bhāgavata | lob |
48 | other.html |
| Teachings of Lord Kapila | tlk |
18 | other.html |
| Teachings of Queen Kuntī | tqk |
26 | other.html |
| Gītār Gān | gg |
18 | other.html (Bengali poetic BG) |
| Songs of the Vaiṣṇava Ācāryas | sva |
67 songs (4 parts, hierarchical) | other.html |
| Message of Godhead | mog |
3 | others-before-1977.html |
| Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata Commentary | cbhc |
4 | others-before-1977.html |
| Bhagavāner Kathā | bk |
2 | others-before-1977.html (ScaGoudy) |
| Prayers of King Kulaśekhara (1958) | pk |
6 | others-before-1977.html |
| Vaiśiṣṭyāṣṭakam | va |
8 | others-before-1977.html |
Essays (stored in essays collection)
| Essay | Slug | Group | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishna The Reservoir Of Pleasure | krishna-reservoir-of-pleasure |
two-essays |
1966 |
| Who Is Crazy? | who-is-crazy |
two-essays |
1966 |
| The Spiritual Masters | the-spiritual-masters |
cc-essays |
1960 |
| The Absolute Truth | the-absolute-truth |
cc-essays |
1957 |
| The Causes of Lord Caitanya's Incarnation | causes-of-lord-caitanyas-incarnation |
cc-essays |
1957 |
| The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance | confidential-reasons-for-lord-caitanyas-appearance |
cc-essays |
1957 |
| The Glories of Lord Nityānanda | glories-of-lord-nityananda |
cc-essays |
1957 |
| Man Is the Architect of His Own Fortune | man-is-the-architect-of-his-own-fortune |
pre-1977-essays |
— |
| What Is the Matter with the World? | what-is-the-matter-with-the-world |
pre-1977-essays |
1957 |
| Religion Is Godly Life | religion-is-godly-life |
pre-1977-essays |
— |
| Truth and Beauty | truth-and-beauty |
pre-1977-essays |
1958 |
| Misuse of Public Fund in the Name of Religion | misuse-of-public-fund-in-the-name-of-religion |
pre-1977-essays |
1958 |
| Perfection at Home | perfection-at-home |
pre-1977-essays |
— |
| How Should One Cultivate Human Spirit | how-should-one-cultivate-human-spirit |
pre-1977-essays |
1961 |
| Viswa Dharma | viswa-dharma |
pre-1977-essays |
— |
| Glorification of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura | glorification-of-srila-bhaktisiddhanta-sarasvati-thakura |
pre-1977-essays |
1952 |
| Who Is Crazy? (Back to Godhead #66) | who-is-crazy-btg66 |
pre-1977-essays |
— |
| Manifestation of Dharma in Human Being | manifestation-of-dharma-in-human-being |
pre-1977-essays |
1972 |
| Message of Krishna Consciousness | message-of-krishna-consciousness |
pre-1977-essays |
1972 |
| A Wrong Civilization | a-wrong-civilization |
pre-1977-essays |
1936 |
| Vedānta-sūtra (Typed Transcript) | vedanta-sutra-typed |
typed-transcripts |
1969 |
| Shaktipujah | shaktipujah |
reviews |
— |
| Devotee and the Divinity | devotee-and-the-divinity |
standalone |
— |
Other Documents (stored in other_document_meta + other_document_chapters collections)
| Document | Code | Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| An Analysis of Bhagwat Geeta | analysis-bg |
3 |
| Solution of Present Crisis by Bhagwat Geeta | solution-crisis |
4 |
| Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu | sri-caitanya |
3 |
| Conception of Geeta Nagari on the Principles of Gandhi | geeta-nagari |
1 |
| The Real Peace Formula | real-peace-formula |
3 |
| International Institution for God Consciousness | intl-institution-god-consciousness |
1 |
| "Srimad Bhawatam" India's Message of Peace and Goodwill | srimad-bhawatam-message |
1 |
| Viraha Aṣṭaka | viraha-astaka |
8 |
| Vṛndāvana Bhajana | vrndavana-bhajana |
1 |
| Prayer unto the Lotus Feet of Kṛṣṇa | prayer-unto-lotus-feet-of-krsna |
1 |
| Märkine Bhägavata-dharma | markine-bhagavata-dharma |
1 |
| Jaladuta Pamphlet | jaladuta-pamphlet |
1 |
Journals (stored in journal_meta + journal_chapters collections)
| Journal | Code | Chapters | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jaladuta Diary, 1965 | jaladuta-diary |
85 | Preface, Introduction, 83 day entries grouped by month (Apr–Nov 1965) |
| The Beginning — The 1966 New York Journal | the-beginning |
215 | Introduction, 3 place-based chapters with day entries, Memoranda, Epilogue, 20 Excerpts |
Magazines (stored in magazine_meta + magazine_issues collections)
| Magazine | Code | Issues | Articles | Flag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Godhead (1944–1960) | btg |
29 | 89 | Pre 1978 | btg-1960.html |
| Back to Godhead (1966–1973) | btg-1978 |
30 | 1,035 | Pre 1978 | btg-1978.html |
Letters (stored in letters collection)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total letters | 6,866 |
| Unique recipients (individual) | 2,243 |
| Unique locations | 164 |
| Year range | 1947–1977 |
| Total paragraphs | 52,261 |
Top recipients: Satsvarupa (182), Brahmananda (168), Hansadutta (117), Tamala Krsna (115), Gurudasa (103), Mukunda (105), Madhudvisa (90), Karandhara (90)
Top locations: Los Angeles (1,392), Bombay (1,086), Vrindaban (532), Mayapur (305), London (264), Calcutta (250), Honolulu (239)
Schema notes:
recipientsis an array of individual names (e.g.,["Mukunda", "Janaki"])recipientDisplayis the original combined string (e.g.,"Mukunda, Janaki")- Searching for a recipient uses Prisma
{ has: name }to match any letter where that person appears - Multi-recipient groups are split by
,,;,and,& - Trailing punctuation (
:,,,.) cleaned from names
Other
| Content | Collection |
|---|---|
| Glossary (2,749 entries) | glossary |
Font Encoding System
ScaGoudy → IAST mapping (used in BG, SB, CC, ISO, NOI, NoD, and most 1969+ books)
ä→ā Ä→Ā å→ṛ Å→Ṛ ñ→ṣ Ñ→Ṣ ö→ṭ Ö→Ṭ ë→ṇ Ë→Ṇ ò→ḍ Ò→Ḍ
ç→ś Ç→Ś ì→ṅ ï→ñ ü→ū Ü→Ū é→ī É→Ī à→ṁ ù→ḥ è→ṝ û→ṁl ÿ→ḷ
Bengali fonts (Inbenr/Inbeni in CC)
Custom-encoded fonts where ASCII codepoints render as Bengali script. Fixed by fix-bengali-encoding.py.
RM Devanagari font (used in ISO, NOI)
Custom-encoded Devanagari font (p51 CSS class). The text appears as garbled ASCII without the font. Skipped during extraction — Unicode Devanagari is generated from IAST transliteration instead.
Devanagari generation
IAST transliteration → Devanagari via indic-transliteration library. Key fixes:
join_virama_words()— joins virāma + consonant AND virāma + vowelnormalize_devanagari_anusvara()— ङ् → ं before velars, ञ् → ं before palatals
Books without ScaGoudy encoding
- TLC (1968 Edition) — plain English transliterations ("Krishna" not "Kṛṣṇa")
- Two Essays (1966) — plain English
- GG (Gītār Gān) — Bengali poetic text (ScaGoudy decoded for transliteration)
- LCL (Life Comes from Life) — dialogue book, ScaGoudy decoded
- MOG, CBHC, PK — pre-1977 handwritten documents, plain English
- BK (Bhagavāner Kathā) — pre-1977, uses ScaGoudy encoding
- CC Essays, Vedānta-sūtra transcript — plain English
- All other books from other.html use ScaGoudy encoding
Book Types and URL Patterns
Verse-based books (use ChapterViewer client component)
| Route Pattern | Books |
|---|---|
/books/bg/[chapter]/[verse] |
BG |
/books/sb/[canto]/[chapter]/[verse] |
SB |
/books/cc/[lila]/[chapter]/[verse] |
CC |
/books/sb1962/[chapter]/[verse] |
SB1962 |
/books/iso/[mantra] |
Īśopaniṣad (verse + intro segments) |
/books/noi/[text] |
Nectar of Instruction (verse + intro segments) |
/books/bs/[chapter]/[verse] |
Brahma-saṁhitā (chapter 5, 62 verses) |
/books/mm/[chapter]/[verse] |
Mukunda-mālā-stotra (6 mantras) |
/books/nbs/[chapter]/[verse] |
Nārada-bhakti-sūtra (8 sūtras) |
Prose books (use per-book data layers + reading pages)
| Route Pattern | Books |
|---|---|
/books/kb/[volume]/[slug] |
Kṛṣṇa Book |
/books/{code}/[chapter] |
NoD, TLC, EJ, EK, MG, BBD, OWK, RV, POY, PQPA, TTP, OCHKM, HKH, LCL, LOB, TLK, TQK, GG, MOG, CBHC, BK, PK |
Hierarchical prose books (sub-chapters as separate pages)
| Route Pattern | Books |
|---|---|
/books/ssr/[chapter] |
Science of Self-Realization (slugs: "1-1", "1-2", "intro-foreword", etc.) |
/books/ds/[chapter] |
Dialectic Spiritualism (slugs: "1-1" = Socrates, "1-2" = Plato, etc.) |
/books/sva/[chapter] |
Songs of the Vaiṣṇava Ācāryas (slugs: "1-1" = Śrī Guru Praṇāma, etc.) |
Essays
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/essays |
Searchable essay grid (23 essays across 6 groups) |
/essays/[slug] |
Individual essay reader |
Other Documents
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/other-documents |
Searchable other documents grid (12 documents) |
/other-documents/[slug] |
Document index (chapter listing) |
/other-documents/[slug]/[chapter] |
Individual chapter reader |
Journals
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/journals |
Journals index (grid) |
/journals/[slug] |
Journal chapter listing (hierarchical: place → month → day) |
/journals/[slug]/[chapter] |
Individual journal entry reader (slug-based, e.g., apr-3, sep-17, excerpt-...) |
Magazines
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/magazines |
Magazines index (grouped by flag: "Pre 1978 Editions") |
/magazines/[slug] |
Magazine issue listing (grouped by volume) |
/magazines/[slug]/[issue] |
Individual issue reader (slug-based, e.g., v1-p1, no-17) |
Letters
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/letters |
Letters index with 3-way navigation tabs |
/letters?view=year |
Year grid (1947–1977) with search |
/letters?view=recipient |
Recipient list (2,243 individuals) with search + pagination |
/letters?view=location |
Location grid (164 locations) with search + pagination |
/letters/year/1968 |
All letters from a specific year |
/letters/recipient/Mukunda |
All letters to/including a specific recipient |
/letters/location/Los%20Angeles |
All letters from a specific location |
/letters/[slug] |
Individual letter reader with prev/next navigation |
Other routes
| Route | Content |
|---|---|
/ |
Landing page (responsive 3-column grid) |
/books |
Searchable book grid |
/glossary |
Searchable glossary (2,749 entries) |
/journals |
Journals (2 journals, 300 chapters) |
/magazines |
Magazines (2 magazines, 59 issues, Pre 1978) |
/letters |
Letters (6,866 letters, 3-way navigation) |
/rtfs |
RTF viewer (gated by ALLOW_RTF=true) |
/api/verify-access |
Password protection endpoint |
Volume Convention
Books without volumes use volume: 0 as a sentinel value in the prose_chapters collection. This satisfies the Prisma schema's @@unique([book, volume, slug]) constraint without requiring schema changes.
- KB uses
volume: 1andvolume: 2 - All other prose books use
volume: 0
Hierarchical Books (SSR, DS)
SSR and DS have parent chapters with sub-chapters stored as individual prose_chapters docs:
- Sub-chapter slugs:
"1-1","1-2","2-1", etc. - Parent chapter info stored in
intro.jsonmetadata:{ "chapters": [ { "number": 1, "title": "Learning the Science of the Soul", "subChapters": [ { "slug": "1-1", "title": "Seeing the Aim of Human Life" }, { "slug": "1-2", "title": "Your Original Consciousness Is Kṛṣṇa Consciousness" } ] } ] } - Sidebar UI shows parent headings (non-clickable) with sub-chapters indented below
- Prev/next navigation skips parent headings
UI Features
Reading Settings (accessibility)
- Theme: Light / Dark / System toggle
- Serif Font: Toggle to switch reading content to Georgia/serif
- Font Size: Slider (XS → XXL) using CSS
zoomonmainandaside - Justify Text: Toggle for justified text alignment on reading content
- Settings persist in
localStorageunderspsays_reading_prefs - Applied via CSS classes on
<html>element
Mobile Navigation
- Left-slide drawer (vaul) triggered by a menu button next to the Previous button
- Only visible below
lgbreakpoint - Shows the full sidebar navigation grouped by section
- Implemented in all 24+ reader pages via shared
MobileNavcomponent
Search
- Books page: diacritic-aware search (typing "Krsna" matches "Kṛṣṇa")
- Glossary page: full-text search across terms and definitions
- Uses Unicode NFD normalization + manual IAST character stripping
Color Palette
- Light mode ("Aged Parchment"): Warm cream backgrounds, deep sepia text, saffron/ochre primary
- Dark mode ("Ancient Manuscript"): Deep warm brown backgrounds, parchment text, golden saffron primary
Password Protection
- Client-side gate component (
PasswordGate) wrapping the entire app - Runtime check via
GET /api/verify-access(checks ifACCESS_KEYenv var is set) - Validation via
POST /api/verify-access(compares submitted key) - Stores valid key in
sessionStorage - Bypassed when
ACCESS_KEYis not set
Environment Variables
DATABASE_URL=mongodb://user:pass@host:port/spsays?authSource=admin
ALLOW_RTF=true # optional — enables RTF viewer routes
ACCESS_KEY="secret" # optional — enables password protection (quote if contains #)
How to Run
# Development
npm run dev
# Prisma
npx prisma generate # Regenerate Prisma client after schema changes
# Extraction scripts (Python 3 + beautifulsoup4 + indic-transliteration)
python3 scripts/bg_extract.py # Extract BG
python3 scripts/sb_extract.py # Extract SB
python3 scripts/cc_extract.py # Extract CC
python3 scripts/nod_extract.py # Extract NoD from other.html
python3 scripts/iso_extract.py # Extract Īśopaniṣad from other.html
python3 scripts/ssr_extract.py # Extract SSR from other.html
python3 scripts/ds_extract.py # Extract DS from other.html
# ... (similar for all other books)
# Database seeding
npx tsx scripts/seed-db.ts # Seed BG, SB, CC, SB1962, KB, glossary
npx tsx scripts/seed-nod.ts # Seed NoD
npx tsx scripts/seed-iso.ts # Seed Īśopaniṣad
npx tsx scripts/seed-te.ts # Seed Two Essays
# ... (similar for all other books)
# Build
npx next build
Verse JSON Schema (BG/SB/CC/SB1962/ISO/NOI)
{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 1,
"chapter": 1,
"verse": 1,
"verse_end": null,
"reference": "SB 1.1.1",
"devanagari": "ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय\nजन्माद्यस्य यतो ...",
"bengali": null,
"transliteration": "om namo bhagavate vāsudevāya\njanmādy asya yato ...",
"synonyms": [
{ "word": "om", "meanings": ["O my Lord"] },
{ "word": "namaḥ", "meanings": ["offering my obeisances"] }
],
"translation": "<b>I offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa...</b>",
"purport": ["paragraph 1...", "paragraph 2..."]
}
Prose Chapter JSON Schema
{
"book": "ek",
"chapter": 1,
"title": "Choosing Human and Animal Lives",
"type": "chapter",
"paragraphs": ["<b>heading</b>", "body text...", "<div style=\"text-align:center\"><i>verse</i></div>"]
}
Intro Segment JSON Schema
{
"slug": "preface",
"title": "Preface",
"type": "intro-segment",
"book": "ek",
"order": 2,
"paragraphs": ["paragraph 1...", "paragraph 2..."]
}
Essay JSON Schema
{
"slug": "krishna-reservoir-of-pleasure",
"title": "Krishna The Reservoir Of Pleasure",
"author": "His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda",
"year": 1966,
"group": "two-essays",
"order": 1,
"paragraphs": ["paragraph 1...", "paragraph 2..."]
}
Glossary JSON Schema
{
"title": "Glossary of Vedic Terms",
"description": "A comprehensive glossary...",
"totalEntries": 2749,
"letters": ["A", "B", "C", ...],
"entries": [
{
"term": "Ācārya",
"definition": "a spiritual master who teaches by his own example...",
"definition_html": "a spiritual master who teaches by his own example..."
}
]
}
Known Issues
-
MongoDB BSON wire corruption: The MongoDB server occasionally corrupts large BSON documents. Workaround: seed using
insertOne+$pushfor paragraphs one at a time. -
SB verse numbering: 5 duplicate verse reference tags in the HTML. Fixed by using the TEXT N header as authoritative.
-
RTF routes gated:
/rtfsonly accessible whenALLOW_RTF=true. -
scripts/excluded from tsconfig: Prevents TypeScript build errors from seed scripts. -
CSS zoom for font scaling:
zoomproperty works in Chrome/Safari/Edge but may not work in older Firefox (< 126). Atransform: scale()fallback is provided via@supports not (zoom: 1.1). -
Password protection requires ACCESS_KEY at runtime: The
PasswordGatecomponent checks the server at runtime via/api/verify-access. The env var must be available when the server is running, not just at build time.