Ayurveda Reader
It started as a reader for the «Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita» and grew into the largest free portal of primary Ayurveda sources in Russian: 9 classical texts, 34,500+ shlokas in the original, IAST transliteration, and translation — with an encyclopedia, glossaries, and tools. My own project: I put it together and run it myself.
01 / product scope
Not just one book, but a whole library of canons in a single reader
02 / interface
Live screens: a large canonical text that's finally comfortable to read
03 / what it is
A static site in plain JavaScript — runs right in the browser
The frontend is a static single-page site in plain JavaScript (ES modules): it opens straight in the browser, no signup or install needed, and works offline as a PWA.
The dynamic features — expert login, crowdsourced corrections, subscriptions, and a daily post — are handled by a lightweight backend (serverless on Vercel or Node/Express) and a Telegram bot. All texts were extracted from printed editions by hand and adapted for reading in Russian.
04 / app sections
Not just reading: encyclopedia, glossaries, and tools
library
A library of 9 classical texts
A single interactive reader for the whole library: navigation by text, sthana, and chapter.
- Ashtanga Hridaya (Vagbhata, 7th c.) — 2,751 shlokas, 56 chapters.
- Charaka, Sushruta, Ashtanga Sangraha — 3,800–9,300 shlokas each.
- Madhava Nidana, Sharangadhara, Bhavaprakasha — 718 chapters total.
enc
An encyclopedia of 241 articles
A separate reference layer on top of the texts — a synthesis of 46 books.
- Fundamentals, constitution (prakriti), nutrition and diet.
- Herbs and plants, massage and therapy, panchakarma.
- Lifestyle, psychology, diagnostics, and detox.
tools
Glossaries, search, and tools
Around the text — a set of practical tools.
- A glossary of 397 terms with IAST, and a glossary of 66 diseases.
- 113 home remedies, a meal schedule, and a constitution test.
- Instant search across all chapters with highlighted matches.
expert
Expert dashboard and Telegram
The dynamic part of the project lives on a lightweight backend and in Telegram.
- Expert login and crowdsourced corrections to translations.
- A subscription and a daily post with a verse and commentary.
- The `@AyurvedaReader` channel and the `@AyurvedaReaderBot` bot.
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