Mahābhāṣya Research Archive · Ongoing

Patañjali's
Mahābhāṣya —
a living study.

A page-by-page archive of the Mahābhāṣya with all textual layers — Bhāṣya, Pradīpa, Uddyota, and Chāyā — rendered in structured, searchable form.

Pages Archived
Concepts Indexed
4 Textual Layers
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Mahābhāṣya
Pradīpa
Uddyota
Chāyā
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What this archive contains

A permanent record
of careful reading.

Each page of the Mahābhāṣya is processed through a structured analytical protocol: all textual layers are separated, translated into Malayalam, and explained. Argument maps, concept extractions, vocabulary notes, and cross-references accumulate across pages to form a growing research resource.

The archive is designed to function simultaneously as a reading edition, a study edition, and a research edition — with the data preserved in a format that remains useful to future readers and researchers.

Primary Corpus

Aṣṭādhyāyī Primary
Vārttikas of Kātyāyana Primary
Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali Main Text
Bhāṣyapradīpa of Kaiyaṭa Commentary
Bhāṣyapradīpoddyoṭa of Nāgeśa Sub-commentary
Chāyā Gloss