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title: Malayalam Books from Granthappura Digital Archive language: - ml tags: - malayalam - books - literature - kerala - digital-archive - historical-texts - cinema-songs license: cc-by-4.0 size_categories: - 1K<n<10K

Malayalam Books from Granthappura Digital Archive

⚠️ Important Notice

Full Credit to Granthappura Digital Archive: This dataset contains content scraped from Granthappura Digital Archive, which is the original source and rightful owner of this collection. All credit goes to the Granthappura team for their incredible work in digitizing and preserving Malayalam literary heritage.

Content Removal Policy: If the Granthappura team or any content owners have concerns about this dataset, please contact me and I will immediately take it down. This is shared purely for research and educational purposes.

Original Source: Please visit https://gpura.org for the official archive.

About This Collection

This dataset contains a collection of Malayalam books and texts from the Granthappura Digital Archive, featuring scanned copies of historical Malayalam books primarily from the 1800s and 1900s. These are valuable historical documents that represent Kerala's rich literary heritage.

Dataset Overview

  • Total Items: 41
  • Items with PDFs: 25
  • Language: Malayalam
  • Time Period: 1902-1998 (Historical books from 1800s-1900s)
  • Original Source: Granthappura Digital Archive
  • Content Type: Scanned PDF copies of historical Malayalam books

Content Types

The dataset includes historical Malayalam texts:

  1. Classical Literature: Historical Malayalam literary works from 1800s-1900s
  2. Religious Texts: Devotional and theological works
  3. Cinema Song Books: Early Malayalam movie song collections
  4. Historical Documents: Various historical texts and manuscripts
  5. Cultural Heritage: Documents representing Kerala's literary tradition

Dataset Structure

Each entry contains the following fields:

  • title: Title of the book/document
  • author: Author name (when available)
  • year: Publication year (when available)
  • language: Language (primarily Malayalam)
  • collection: Collection category
  • source_url: Original URL from Granthappura
  • original_pdf_urls: Original PDF download URLs from Granthappura
  • local_pdf_path: Local file path (for reference)
  • has_local_pdf: Boolean indicating if PDF is available
  • filename: PDF filename

Notable Historical Works Include

  • അന്യാപദേശശതകം (1902) - നീലകണ്ഠദീക്ഷിതർ
  • ഭക്തിദീപിക അഥവാ ചാത്തൻ്റെ സൽഗതി (1933) - ഉള്ളൂർ എസ്. പരമേശ്വരയ്യർ
  • ഭാഷാനൈഷധം (1939) - പി.എസ്സ്. പുരുഷോത്തമൻ നമ്പൂതിരി
  • തേമ്പാവണി (1947) - കോൺസ്റ്റന്റൈൻ ജോസഫ് ബെസ്ചി വീരമാമുനിവർ
  • Various early Malayalam cinema song books

Ethical Use Guidelines

This dataset is shared for:

  • Academic research in Malayalam language and literature
  • Digital humanities projects focused on historical texts
  • Cultural preservation studies
  • Historical text analysis and OCR development
  • Educational purposes only

Please respect the original source and use this data responsibly.

Citation and Attribution

Primary Attribution: 

Original Source: Granthappura Digital Archive (https://gpura.org)
Kerala Digital Heritage Collection

Dataset Citation:

Malayalam Historical Books Dataset
Scraped from: Granthappura Digital Archive (https://gpura.org)
Accessed: August 2025
Note: All rights belong to original source - Granthappura Digital Archive

License and Rights

  • Dataset License: CC BY 4.0 (for the dataset structure and metadata)
  • Content Rights: All content rights belong to Granthappura Digital Archive and original publishers
  • Historical Texts: Many works are from 1800s-1900s and may be in public domain
  • Disclaimer: This dataset can be taken down immediately upon request from content owners

Contact for Content Removal

If you are from the Granthappura team or represent any content owners and have concerns about this dataset, please contact me through Hugging Face and I will immediately remove the dataset.

Acknowledgments and Full Credit

🙏 Full credit and gratitude to:

  • Granthappura Digital Archive - The original creators and curators of this amazing collection
  • Kerala Digital Heritage Collection - For preserving Malayalam literary heritage
  • Original authors and publishers - The creators of these historical works
  • Digitization teams - Who scanned and preserved these historical documents

This dataset exists only to make research easier. All credit goes to the original source: https://gpura.org

Technical Details

  • Scraping Date: 2025-08-06T22:22:09.603447
  • Original Total Items: 25
  • Original Total Files: 124

Please visit the original archive: https://gpura.org

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