Editorial & Text Verification Policy

1. The Sacred Responsibility of Devotional Publishing

Publishing sacred Sanskrit and Awadhi literature is not a commercial enterprise; it is a sacred trust (Dharma). Chanting a stotra is an intimate act of spiritual upasana performed by millions of seekers daily. Presenting truncated verses, omitted ligatures, broken sandhi conjuncts, or inaccurate English translations diminishes the devotee's spiritual practice.

Sanatana Bhakti Library adheres to the highest conventions of classical textual criticism (Patha-Samiksha) combined with modern digital accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA).

2. Our 5-Tier Critical Collation Protocol

Before any sacred stotra, chalisa, or sukta is cleared for publication on this platform, it undergoes five discrete stages of philological verification:

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   Tier 1: Physical Print Recension Collation

   We never scrape random internet lyric repositories. Every root text is physically cross-checked character-by-character against authorized printed critical editions from Gita Press Gorakhpur, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, or the Baroda Oriental Institute Critical Edition.

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   Tier 2: Paninian Morpho-Syntactic Proofing

   Applying classical Paninian Vyakarana principles, we verify exact sandhi boundaries (पदच्छेद), compound structures (समास), halants, visargas, and avagrahas (ऽ). We resolve ambiguous script renderings to ensure correct enunciation.

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   Tier 3: Standardized IAST (ISO 15919) Transliteration

   We ban casual "Hinglish" or unscientific phonetic approximations. Roman transliterations strictly conform to the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST), distinguishing accurately between retroflex (ṭ, ḍ, ṇ) and dental (t, d, n) consonants, as well as short and long vowels (ā, ī, ū).

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   Tier 4: Grammatical Anvaya & Authentic Philosophical Exegesis

   We provide genuine prose word order (अन्वय) and word-by-word glosses (शब्दार्थ). We strictly forbid generic AI-generated filler or speculative essays; all theological notes reflect traditional commentaries (e.g., Shankaracharya, Mallinatha, Govindaraja, Sridhara Swami).

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   Tier 5: Altar-Grade Vector Print Verification

   Each stotra is typeset into a standalone, high-contrast A4 vector PDF engineered specifically for home shrines and temple use. We verify print margins, page-break placement between verses, font embedding, and zero-bleed printing.

3. Transparent Public Errata & Revision Ledger

In the spirit of absolute transparency and open scholarship, all verified corrections, typographical amendments, and regional variant annotations are logged in this public ledger:

4. How to Submit a Textual Typo or Manuscript Erratum

We consider textual accuracy to be an ongoing collaborative service to the global spiritual community. If you detect a typo, an irregular Sanskrit transliteration, or a missing ligature on any device:

1. Navigate to our Editorial Contact Form.
2. Select the topic "Textual Typo / Verse Correction".
3. Specify the hymn name, verse number, your proposed reading, and your source (e.g., publisher name, year, or page number).
4. Our editorial team reviews every submission within 48-72 business hours. If verified, updates are applied across the live website, printable PDFs, and logged in our Public Errata Ledger.