# Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa — startingsphere.com

> A multi-resolution reader of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Baroda Critical Edition, IAST), with an English
> translation, word-by-word glosses, and summaries at several scales. Currently: Bāla, Ayodhyā, Araṇya
> kāṇḍas (7161 verses). Built 2026-10-31 18:48. All data below is static and free to fetch.

## Structure (coarse → fine)
kāṇḍa (book) → portion (a run of sargas) → sarga (chapter: short title + one-sentence summary)
→ sequence (the sarga's events as arrow steps, each beat cited to verses) → verse (IAST pādas,
translation, word-by-word).

References are `kāṇḍa.sarga.verse`, e.g. `2.46.3` = Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46, verse 3. Verse numbering
follows the Critical Edition and is stable; translations and summaries may be revised.

## Plain text (best for reading)
- [Outline of every sarga](/text/index.md)
- One sarga: `/text/{kanda}/{sarga}.md`  e.g. [/text/1/2.md](/text/1/2.md)

## JSON (best for programs)
- [/data/index.json](/data/index.json): full tree with titles, sentences, verse counts
- `/data/{kanda}/{sarga}.json`: sequence + verses. Verse = {v, ref, lines:[{p (pāda a/c/e), t (IAST)}],
  tr (translation), w: [[surface, gloss, analysis?, stems?]]}. Sequence = paragraphs → beats
  {steps:[...], from, to} where from/to are the verses the beat summarises.
- [/ramayana.jsonl](/ramayana.jsonl): every verse, one object per line
  {ref, kanda, sarga, verse, iast[], translation, sarga_title}

## Human reader
- `/` outline; `/{kanda}/{sarga}` a sarga; `/{kanda}/{sarga}/{verse}` a verse.