Ayurvedagranthasamuccaya' (APTA Digital Library) - A searchable digital bouquet of classical Ayurveda books
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2025-06
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Elsevier B.V.
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Adopting changes that come with time is essential for any knowledge system to stay relevant in contemporary times. The classical textbooks of Ayurveda, such as Carakasamhita, Sushrutasamhita, and Ashtangahridaya, as well as the plethora of Ayurveda literature available from yore, stay relevant today owing to its application in clinical practice. The journey of Ayurveda Samhita and other literature, from oral tradition to printed books, is remarkable in itself. With the advent of digital technologies, the shift from printed text to digital text is inevitable, and the earliest transitions happened in the form of e-Carakasamhita and e-Sushrutasamhita, published by the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage under the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences in 2010 [1,2]. The e-Madhavanidana and e-Nighantu applications followed this in 2013 [3,4]. The electronic Samhita enabled text-based search in these texts. However, the search was limited to individual texts. The logical ‘next step’ was a platform where all these texts could be searched in a single online platform with added features. This prompted the development of the Ayurvedagranthasamuccaya (APTA Digital Library), APTA standing for Authoritative Principal Textbooks of Ayurveda, which is a searchable digital bouquet of classical Ayurveda books developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) for the use of Ayurveda students, teachers, practitioners, and researchers. Ayurvedagranthasamuccaya is a web-based application module that enables reading, searching, and learning classical Ayurveda texts in a digital environment. Electronic books in the form of PDF documents and other electronic formats have been in vogue for many decades [5]. However, the electronic versions of Ayurveda Samhita have empowered the academicians and researchers of Ayurveda by enabling ease of access and ease of finding desired information and thus simplifying the literature search in Ayurveda. Web application technologies such as Angular and Python have helped overcome the limitation of the requirement of software installation as well as the availability of newer features. An earlier short communication had described the features of this portal [6]. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive description of the portal for the benefit of interested stakeholders in Ayurveda and other fields.
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N VR, S MM, T SR, L VK, C MB, A V, K A, M P, S N. Ayurvedagranthasamuccaya' (APTA Digital Library) - A searchable digital bouquet of classical Ayurveda books. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2025 Jun; 16(3): 1-6