This repository includes several texts on meter, with an initial focus on Sanskrit and Prakrit. The texts have been either typed up manually or OCRed. In the latter case, the texts need to be proofread and TEI markup needs to be added, manually or semi-manually.

OCR > proofreading and TEI structure > validation

<div type="commentary-block"> ... </div> for chunks of text that include commentary and the base text together.

<quote type="base-text"> ... </quote> for the base text (whether prose or verse or both).

<note type="chāyā"> ... </note> for the Sanskrit translation (chāyā) of a Prakrit passage, usually a verse.

<lg> ... </lg> for verse (line groups). This must include <l> elements (lines).

<p> for prose paragraphs. This must include <s> elements (sentences).

For apparatus entries, use <app> ... </app>, which typically includes two further elements:

• <lem wit="#A"> ... </lem> for the lemma (the reading selected by the editor) presented in witness A
• <rdg wit="#B"> ... </rdg> for a variant reading (not selected by the editor) represented in witness B The value of @wit is usually a reference to a manuscript. Other attribute options for <lem> and <rdg> are @resp (responsibility, usually a person), @source (source, usually a printed text). <app> can include <note> elements as well.

The Schemas directory has files that can be used for validating TEI files (in RNG and RNC format).

The DHARMA ERC project has maintained a file of “prosodic patterns” on their GitHub repository (here).

I created some simple Python programs for the pratyayas described in the Chandaḥśāstra.

Andrew Ollett, Teo Ruskov, Tom Jennings, Purnima Pal