ॐ Source fidelity
Every story traced
to its verse.
We don’t paraphrase from memory. Every Nalanda retelling is checked against the critical edition of its source text — and we publish the comparison so you can see exactly what changed and why.
ॐ Source fidelity · Case file no. 01
The Surasa test,
as Valmiki actually told it.
The verse
Translation lineage
Verbatim from Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Sundara Kāṇḍa 1.168 — bundled in this repository at data/raw-sources/dharmic-data/ValmikiRamayana/. Translation lineage consulted: Griffith (1870), Dutt (1894), Goldman (1996), Baroda critical edition.
What drifts, what we keep
"Hanuman shrinks to the size of a bee and flies across the ocean."
— found in 34 of 41 popular retellings surveyed
Hanuman becomes the size of a thumb, enters Surasa’s mouth, exits instantly, and earns her blessing before crossing to Laṅkā.
Preserves Valmiki’s exact measure · retains the blessing episode · corrects the animal-scale error.
Every departure from the critical edition is logged in the episode’s footnote, with the reason (language simplification, age-appropriate trim) made visible to parents.
ॐ The Library · Index of traditions
Begin with a lineage,
not a thumbnail.
Most kids’ apps hand you a scroll of covers. We hand you the shelves first — then you walk to a story knowing which mouth it came from.
51 arcs · 316 episodes · continually expanding