सनातन भूमि Sanatan Bhumi

सनातन भूमि · imprint in preparation

गुरुकुल Gurukul · Books across ages

A school in book form. Children to scholars.

The Sanatan Bhumi books imprint — picture books for the youngest, retellings for young readers, primers for grown seekers, study editions for scholars. Each title rooted in parampara, each available in print (via Amazon KDP) and as a website PDF here. English first, then Hindi, then onward across the languages of Bharat.

शीघ्र उपलब्ध — the Gurukul opens when the first बाल trio (A to Z of Bharat, Counting with Sanatan, Days of the Week) is ready on both KDP and here as PDFs.

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बाल Bāla · Children’s Books

Ages 2–10 · in production — first three titles drafting

A for Arjun, not A for Apple. Foundational learning — alphabet, counting, days, colors, values, GK — rooted in Sanatan examples with Devanagari, IAST, and gentle English glosses. Warm, reverent, never preachy.

  • · Series 1 · Concept Books — A–Z, Counting, Days, Colors, Shapes, Body Parts, GK (7 titles)
  • · Series 2 · Values & Stories — Harishchandra, Prahlad, Sudama, Abhimanyu, Hanuman, Birbal, Dhruva … (10 + festival sub-series + regional epics)
  • · Series 3 · Activity — coloring, stickers, tracing, mandalas, shloka workbooks (11 titles)
  • · Rollout — English first, then Hindi, Tamil, Bengali; then 6 more Indic; then Akhand Bharat (Nepali, Sinhala, SE Asian).
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किशोर Kiśora · Young Readers

Ages 11–17 · planned

Bridge titles between children’s picture books and adult parampara reading — full Itihāsa retellings, Veda primers, jyotiṣa for teens, biographies of acharyas, the deep stories of Bharat told without dilution.

  • · Mahābhārata & Rāmāyaṇa — full unabridged retellings, chapter format
  • · Bhagavad Gītā — verse-by-verse, age-appropriate commentary
  • · Lives of the acharyas — Adi Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Madhva, Tukārām, Mīrā, Vivekananda
  • · Jyotiṣa for teens — actual chart reading, not entertainment
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प्रौढ़ Prauḍha · Adult Reading

For grown seekers · planned

Books for adults who want depth without theatrics. Print editions via KDP for gifting and pilgrimage-reading; hand-typeset PDFs on the website for serious study at home. Same titles, two formats — your call which one travels with you.

  • · Jyotish for the Curious — print + PDF
  • · 64 Yogini Mandala — a practitioner’s guide
  • · Kalki — A Practitioner’s Eschatology
  • · Stotra Rahasya · Tantra Satya · Upanishad Sār
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अध्ययन Adhyayana · Study Editions

For scholars & gurukul students · planned

Critical editions — Devanagari with line-numbered IAST, word-for-word gloss, footnoted commentary, multiple recensions where they matter. Built for śiṣyas, jyotiṣa-students, Sanskrit learners, and the dharma-policy serious.

  • · Bhagavad Gītā — śaṅkara-bhāṣya in-line
  • · Patañjali Yoga Sūtra — vyāsa-bhāṣya in-line
  • · Selected Upaniṣads — Īśa, Kena, Kaṭha, Praśna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya
  • · Brihat Parāśara Horā Śāstra — translated, with worked examples

क्यों गुरुकुल? — why the Gurukul name

A gurukul was never one age, one subject, one method. Children traced their first अ आ इ ई on the same veranda where older śiṣyas chanted Vedas and the master corrected an astronomer’s calculations.

This imprint inherits that posture — books for whichever age the reader is, on whichever step of the stair. The picture books and the study editions sit on the same shelf.

Distribution

  • · Amazon KDP — paperback (color for picture books, B&W for study), Kindle (fixed-layout for visuals; reflowable for prose), hardcover for flagship titles. India + US + UK + worldwide.
  • · sanatanbhumi.org direct — every title also as PDF, plus print-at-home bundles. UPI (India) or PayPal (international). Same plumbing as the rest of विपणि.
  • · Schools, gurukuls, mandirs, cultural organizations — bulk orders via email.

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