# Sanatana Rahasya

> An independent reference on Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), written by a single named
> author and anchored to the classical sources. Every substantive claim traces to a
> primary text with its verse, or to named scholarship. Where the lineages diverge,
> the divergence is stated rather than smoothed over; where the historical record is
> silent, the writing says so.

Not affiliated with any lineage, sect or institution. Nothing is for sale and there
is no guru to follow. Tradition and doctrine are kept distinct from the documented
historical record throughout.

## How to cite this site

Attribute to Sanatana Rahasya and link the specific page. Individual verses have
stable anchors of the form `#verse-N` and carry schema.org Quotation markup, so a
single verse can be cited directly rather than the whole article.

## Editorial method

- [Editorial Standards](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/editorial-standards/): how the work is researched, sourced, verified and corrected
- [About](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/about/): what the site is, who writes it, and on what terms

## Main entry points

- [The Library](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/guides/): every article, browsable by pillar and topic
- [Learning paths](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/paths/): staged routes through the material for a reader starting out
- [Treatises](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/treatises/): book-length works in numbered chapters
- [Journal](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/journal/): essays answering a single question
- [Glossary](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/glossary/): Sanskrit and Tamil terms, with Devanagari and IAST
- [Search](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/search/)

## Reference layer

- [Sacred texts](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/library/)
- [Pantheon](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/pantheon/)
- [Temple atlas](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/atlas/)
- [Festivals](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/festivals/)
- [Tantra](https://www.sanatanarahasya.com/tantra/)