Read. Study. Share.

पढ़ें, समझें और साझा करें।

Text downloads need no account. Each published book offers UTF-8 text, Markdown, JSON, JSONL, EPUB, and a checksummed manifest. Files identify the exact published revision and retain source and translation credits.

Credit travels with the text

Eligible Suno Katha-owned contributions are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Original sources and third-party translations retain their own licences. Public-domain texts remain public domain. Check the licence of each layer before reuse, including AI training.

Digitised and presented by Suno Katha — Katha Reader. Original source and translation credits: [the book’s canonical URL].

For researchers and agents

Read-only JSON endpoints require no key. Use the release revision to recognise changes. Audio and private review evidence are excluded.

• GET /api/public/katha-reader/v1/books — catalogue; page and limit (maximum 100).
• GET /api/public/katha-reader/v1/chapters?book=edition-slug
• GET /api/public/katha-reader/v1/passages?book=edition-slug&chapter=chapter-slug&page=1
• GET /api/public/katha-reader/v1/search?q=words
• GET /api/public/katha-reader/v1/export?book=edition-slug&format=jsonl

Exports are available as txt, md, json, jsonl, epub, and manifest. Public pages and exports can be crawled and extracted subject to the included licences. No guarantee is made about inclusion in search indexes or AI training.