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Books in Russian, English and Sanskrit, with a catalog you can search in seconds.
Our seva · digital library
Vedarama
A convenient home for the large Vaishnava library that Srila Bhakti Vijnana Goswami has been collecting for many years.
- 2,600+books in English
- 700+books in Russian
- 250+authors
- 1.2 GBof text
Features
Everything for
studying scripture
Vedarama is built for study, not just reading: compare commentaries, look up word meanings and work with the Sanskrit.
Search engine
Several algorithms for ranking results.
All the commentaries
Quickly find the various commentaries on a single verse.
Word-for-word translations
Search the word-for-word translations to see the different meanings of a word.
Dictionaries
All the major Sanskrit dictionaries and glossaries (in English).
Diacritics converter
Converts text with diacritics between encodings, and between Russian and English transliteration.
No internet needed
The library works offline, and the book database updates whenever you’re online.
A look inside
What the library
looks like
Access levels
For everyone —
and for researchers
Just sign up
- All of Srila Prabhupada’s books
- The acharyas’ principal commentaries on Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam
- Some academic editions
The entire library
Full access to every book is available only to authorized ISKCON researchers.
Getting started
Four steps
The web version works as soon as you sign up; the desktop app works once the book database has downloaded.
- 1
Sign up
Go to vedarama.ru, sign up and confirm your email. From then on, you can use the web version.
- 2
Download the app
Install the desktop app. If you get an installation error on a Mac, this tip should help.
- 3
Wait for the download
The book database will download and be indexed. This usually takes 20–40 minutes, depending on your connection and your computer.
- 4
Keep it updated
Update the database and the app regularly: new books are added every week.
Tutorial videoWatch on YouTube
