The original book indexes from Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and Caitanya-caritamrta — transformed from printed page numbers into a living, clickable, interconnected digital index.
The original printed books contain detailed indexes — meticulously compiled lists of topics, personalities, and concepts with page references. In Bhagavad-gita alone, the index runs dozens of pages. Srimad-Bhagavatam's index spans even more.
But these indexes point to page numbers. In our digital archive, content is organized by verse references (BG 2.13, SB 1.1.1). A page number like "247" means nothing in a verse-based system. The entire index is useless — unless you convert every page number to its corresponding verse.
That's exactly what we did. And once every reference became a wiki link, something magical happened: the index came alive. Click any reference, read the verse. Check the backlinks, see every other index entry that points to the same verse. The static printed index became an interconnected knowledge graph.
How a page number in a printed book becomes a clickable, backlinked reference in the digital archive:
Scan or extract the printed index from the original book. Each entry has a term, sub-entries, and page number references. AI vision (Gemini) helps extract structured data from scanned pages.
Build a lookup table: page 247 of SB Canto 3 corresponds to verses SB 3.25.13-15. This mapping is created per volume, per edition (1972 Macmillan BG, original SB 30-volume set, etc.). AI assists by reading page headers and verse numbers from scans.
Replace every page number with its wiki link equivalent. 247 becomes [[sb/3/25/14|SB 3.25.14]]. The entry is now a live link that takes you directly to the verse. Scripts handle the bulk conversion; AI reviews ambiguous references.
Once the index points to verses via wiki links, the system automatically tracks backlinks. Visit SB 3.25.14 and you see: "Referenced by: Absolute Truth, Devotional Service, Kapila Muni, Self-Realization." The verse now knows its context in the index. Every connection is bidirectional.
Entries are grouped into 82 meta categories: philosophy, devotees, incarnations, demigods, holy places, famous verses, practices, qualities, and more. Browse by theme, discover related topics, follow the threads that connect the teachings.
Every bold reference is a translation (the most important verse for that sub-topic). Regular references point to purports where the topic is discussed. See also links connect related entries. The original index structure is preserved — but now every reference is alive.
The original printed indexes contain thousands of entries across all books. We've converted the most important ones; the AI pipeline is being built to handle the rest at scale.
Explore by letter, by category, or dive into a deep entry.