[Grassroots-l] World scriptures

[Edward Cherlin]

The instructions for preparing new modules are at

http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/index.php/DevTools:Modules

Let's pick some short texts and try them out. I'll start with the
Heart Sutra in Sanskrit and Chinese.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have a Bible program in Sugar. Sword allows any number of texts,
> dictionaries, and commentaries in any combination of languages to be
> integrated together. I know where many other scriptures in many
> languages are available, and would like to start a project to
> integrate them into Sword and make them globally available. Some of
> the materials are
>
> Qur'an, Muslim
> Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh
> Tipitaka and Tripitaka, Buddhist
> Kanjur, Tanjur, Buddhist
> Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Hindu
> Laozi, Juangzi, Daozang, Daoist
> Confucius, Mencius, Confucian
> Talmud, Jewish
> Popul Vuh, Mayan
>
> I am open to other suggestions, and will need help with appropriate
> dictionaries and commentaries. This is a large project, and will need
> people with a range of skills. I can contact organizations that work
> on each of the sets of texts listed, but we will need more contacts
> beyond them.
>
> o Should I create one ticket for the project, or one per religion, or what?
>
> o Where can we host this?
>
> --
> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज ) is my name
> And Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place,
> The Truth my destination.
>



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Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज ) is my name
And Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place,
The Truth my destination.