Index for BHĀGAVATAPURĀṆA, Bombay edition.

[funderburkjim]

Preparation of an index for this, as needed for #81 bombay edition.

@AnnaRybakovaT
There are two volumes.
Here is a link to pdf for volume 1 (~600MB):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FRW3NVbZZR04xoCF62MK2OwaTgVUfFBG/view?usp=drive_link

@Andhrabharati This differs from the original link you provided, in that the pages have been rotated 90 degrees.

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Anna, Andhrabharati prepared an index for the Burnouf edition of BhP

Your task will be to construct a similar index for bombay edition.

The index will be used by an application which shows the page for a given skandha, adhyAya and verse. For example, with the burnouf version : https://sanskrit-lexicon-scans.github.io/bhagp_bur/app1/?2,4,6

For now, just familarize yourself with the above.

[funderburkjim]

@Andhrabharati I don't yet understand this Indian version. Perhaps you could provide an introduction that will help Anna get started.

[funderburkjim]

Here is the 'manifest'.

Title: Bhagavatá-Purana: in 12 Books. (Printed with moveable type). 
By: with a Commentary by Sridharaswamin, called Srîtchâgavata bhâvârtha dêpikâ
Creation: Bombay 1860
Language: Sanskrit
Identifier: BSB-ID 991133463199707356
Identifier: BV021135362
Identifier: OCLC 162838650
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10211024-1
Media type: Book
Related Links
Related Details
(text/html)
OPAC
(text/html)
See also
MARCXML
(application/marcxml+xml)
RDF
(application/rdf+xml)
IIIF manifest
https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb10211024/manifest

conjecture: the smaller Devanagari is Commentary by Sridharaswamin,.
And the larger Devanagari is the text of BhP. Our index will be based on the larger Devanagari.

[Andhrabharati]

@Andhrabharati I don't yet understand this Indian version. Perhaps you could provide an introduction that will help Anna get started.

Jim/Anna,

I would suggest starting with the skandhas 10-12, that were not in the Burnouf edition. (So, you need to share that as well, as modified by you.)

If this is agreed upon, I can put more of my thoughts about the task.

[funderburkjim]

A copy of volume 2 is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vdeZAfE8FFDSXE3EOrSMk1yLTHSHKtzg/view?usp=drive_link

~ 640MB

[AnnaRybakovaT]

I can put more of my thoughts about the task

Dear all,
I am waiting for an access to download the files with 2 volumes and your further recommendations regarding this task.

[AnnaRybakovaT]

A copy of volume 2 is:

Dear Jim,
Thanks a lot, I have downloaded both volumes.

My first qustion is about numeration of pages. For example: the 1st volume, book's page 1 is located on two pdf pages - 11 and 12. Does it have sence for our Index (I mean to use 1a and 1b, for example) - or just to put number 1?

[funderburkjim]

Anna, for our current purposes, the pdf page number is what is needed.

You pointed out that the 'internal' pages appear to be in two parts. Although I don't understand the purpose of this,
It seems that the 'internal' page numbers 'start over' after the 'decorative-pages' at skandha breaks.

The Burnouf index has 6 fields; you could add a 7th field 'ipage' using '1a, 1b, etc' for these internal page numbers.

volume	page	sk.	adhy.	from v.	to v.
volume	page	ipage	sk.	adhy.	from v.	to v.

@Andhrabharati Would this internal page number have some future use?

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It might be useful to make a separate 'skandha_pages.txt' file such as

1 8 अथश्रीमद्भागवतेप्रथमस्कंध्ःप्रारभ्यते 
1 115 अथश्रीमद्भागवतेप्रथमस्कंध्ःसमाप्तः

There are some variations to this form, whose significance is unclear to me. For instance there are two parts to 10th skandha पूर्व उत्तर, and there is a final माहात्म्य section in volume 2.

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There are some 'skew' pages. Suggest you make a separate 'skew_pages.txt' file containing volume/page for these. There may be some way to 'straighten' these.

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In the Burnouf edition, some verses appear partly at the bottom of one page and partly at the top of the next page. @Andhrabharati used the pada designations a,b,c,d in which such a verse appears on two lines of the index. I haven't noticed this phenomenon in the Bombay edition, but it may happen.

[AnnaRybakovaT]

The Burnouf index has 6 fields; you could add a 7th field 'ipage' using '1a, 1b, etc' for these internal page numbers.

Dear all,
I started with skandha 1 just to get used to the book and its structure. In a while I will focus on skandhas 10-12.
Could you kindly recommend me the easiest way - how to create a txt file with 7 fields or add one field to the Burnouf.BhP.index.txt file which consists of 6 fields. I tried to solve this topic by myself but I was confused by different options like tabs, semicolons, pandas.

[gasyoun]

how to create a txt file with 7 fields

tabs or semicolons, any permament way would sufficient

[funderburkjim]

@AnnaRybakovaT You may have seen the term 'csv file' (comma-separated-values). Such a file is a useful way to represent data which has a tabular form. For example, suppose you are planning a vegetable garden, and are deciding how many of various plants you need to buy.
Say you want 5 tomato plants, 3 cucumber plants., and 6 green bean plants. You could make a text file (using any text editor) like:

plant,count
tomato,5
cucumber,3
green bean,6

Such a file would be called a 'csv' file. Here the comma character ',' separates the values on each line. The first (optional) line contains (by convention) titles for the fields.

Or, you could create a 'colon-separated-values' file.

plant:count
tomato:5
cucumber:3
green bean:6

For the data of this toy example, the 'value-separator' can be any character which does NOT occur within any field. For instance the space character would NOT be a good value separator since the 'green bean' value already has a space.

Some people are comfortable using spreadsheets (such as Excel, or Google Sheets') to create tabular data files. You can always save such files as 'tsv; (tab-separated-values) files or 'csv' files.

To summarize, in our case pick one:

• create a csv file with a text editor, and use either (a) comma or (b) colon as the separator
  • You can also, for readability, add extra spaces around the separator character:
    tomato , 5
• create a spreadsheet file with excel or google sheets. When you are done, save the result as a tsv file.

Unless you are familiar with using spread sheets, I suggest you make a colon-separated
file with a text editor. Also include the first 'title' line

When you create a file with the first 5 lines, upload it so we can check the form.

A search for 'CSV file' will bring up various introductions to this topic. CSV files are ubiquitous, so it is worthwhile to understand the idea of a csv file (and it's near cousins such as tsv files).

[AnnaRybakovaT]

When you create a file with the first 5 lines, upload it so we can check the form.

Dear Jim,
Thank you very much for your excellent explanations.
Basically I changed the file Burnouf.BhP.index.txt and added one more field (since we are not sure if we really use ipages, I put this field last).
Bombay.BhP.index_copy.txt

I know Excel tabs quite well and now with your help I opened the CSV.

So what I did like a test:

1. test_plant_0.txt, test_plant_01.txt, test_plant_02.txt - these files have a CSV structure, and if I open them in Excel, I will see the data formatted in a table.
   test-plant_0.txt
   test-plant_01.txt
   test-plant_02.txt

2. the file test_plants.xlsx test_plants.xlsx
   I saved as:
   a CSV table file test_plants_1.csv
   a CSV text file test_plants_2.txt
   a space-delimited text file test_plants_3.txt

Probably my version of Excel is quite old and it does not display the "tsv" format.

[funderburkjim]

@AnnaRybakovaT I looked at test_plants_1.csv, test_planes_2.txt, and test_plants_3.txt
Any one of them looked fine. I also copied test_plants.xlsx to google drive and opened there, and it also looks fine.

Also looked at Bombay.BhP.index_copy.txt, and compared with the pdf. Everything looks
fine to me!

[AnnaRybakovaT]

Also looked at Bombay.BhP.index_copy.txt, and compared with the pdf. Everything looks
fine to me!

Thanks a lot!

[AnnaRybakovaT]

Dear all,
There are two files for the 1st and the 2nd volume.
Please, look through some comments in the file Comments.docx

Bombay.BhP.index.Vol1.txt
Bombay.BhP.index.Vol2.txt

Comments.docx

[AnnaRybakovaT]

Just for information,
I will not available from tomorrow evening during 10 days.
I will text when I arrive at home back.

[funderburkjim]

comments.docx (in markdown)

Placed here for convenience as Jim begins work on the 'app'

VOLUME I

Error in internal pages:
Page 192 – ipage 8b AFTER page 193 - ipage 7a (error in ipages)
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The scan missed some pages:
Page 428 – ipage 40b AFTER page 429 – ipage 42a (missed 2 pages – 41a, 41b)
Page 540 – ipage 16b AFTER page 541 – ipage 18a (missed 2 pages – 17a, 17b)
Page 748 – ipage 9b AFTER page 749 – ipage 11a (missed 2 pages – 10a, 10b)
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Two verses appear partly at the bottom of one page and partly at the top of the next page:

volume page sk. adhy. from v. to v. ipage
I 639 (VI) 2 1 8a 5a
I 640 (VI) 2 8b 12 5b

I 647 (VI) 3 17 24a 9a
I 648 (VI) 3 24b 27 9b
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Pages 678-681 consist double numbering of verses from 33-1, 34-2, till 43-11. I ignored the second number and used only 33, …, 43.
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'Skew' pages:
785, 787, 813, 817

VOLUME II

'Skew' pages:
74, 96, 363, 721, 769, 893, 899
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The skandha X consists of two parts, each part has separate numbering of internal pages (the 1st part – pp.,191-415, the 2nd part pp.419-622)
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One verse appears partly at the bottom of one page and partly at the top of the next page:

volume page sk. adhy. from v. to v. ipage
II 606 (XI) 87 42 50a 94b
II 607 (XI) 87 50b 50b 95a
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To check the page 878 – it is the last page of skandha XII – but it doesn’t belong to the last verse.
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As well I did an Index for the last pages (after skandha XII) – maybe it will be useful.

[AnnaRybakovaT]

Dear all,
I'm back and ready for a new task. Until I get new information, I can continue with the BHS tooltips.

[YuryMn7]

I'm ready to start indexing

[grrrrrrrrrrrrrr11111]

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[Azanuka2412]

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