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Sutraya is a search-first library and reader for ancient texts — Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Classical Chinese, and related Dharma languages — with grounded Ask chat, translation, OCR, and a layered manuscript reader.

Open the app at sutraya.app.

Goal Start here
Find a passage across the corpus Search the library
Browse works, collections, and authors Browse the library
Read root text beside translation Read a text
Ask a question with citations Ask grounded questions
Look up a term Look up words
Draft a translation Translate text
Extract text from a scan or PDF OCR
Keep quotes and reading lists Save quotes and sheets
  • Library & Search — find works and passages.
  • Reader — layered reading with look-up, translate, Ask, save, and cite.
  • Ask — RAG chat over the corpus with trust badges and citations.
  • Tools — Dictionary, Translate, OCR, and Sources.
  • Saved & History — personal library scoped to your account (or a single local reader).

Sutraya builds on open corpora and AI tooling from projects such as Dharmamitra and OpenPecha. See Sources and Languages & traditions.