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Please use the following page layout guidelines for Vanisource pages when translating from your language

1) Paragraphs need to have one empty blank line between them

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2) When Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes from a verse, please add a link to the original verse - see examples below. Please note that the verse links are case sensitive:

(BG 7.5) - see below for the coding to use

([[BG 7.5]])

(SB 3.10.20) - see below for the coding to use

([[SB 3.10.20]])

(CC Adi 2.10) - see below for the coding to use - Adi, Madhya or Antya

([[CC Adi 2.10]])

• If you need to identify a verse or lines from a verse when transcribing audio files, you can use the search page at vedabase.com

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3) Full verses should be layed out like below. Please note the use of the colons : which indent the verses. Also note the blank line between the first and second verse:

athābhipretam anvīkṣya

brahmaṇo madhusūdanaḥ

viṣaṇṇa-cetasaṁ tena

kalpa-vyatikarāmbhasā

loka-saṁsthāna-vijñāna

ātmanaḥ parikhidyataḥ

tam āhāgādhayā vācā

kaśmalaṁ śamayann iva

(SB 3.9.27-28)

:athābhipretam anvīkṣya
:brahmaṇo madhusūdanaḥ
:viṣaṇṇa-cetasaṁ tena
:kalpa-vyatikarāmbhasā

:loka-saṁsthāna-vijñāna
:ātmanaḥ parikhidyataḥ
:tam āhāgādhayā vācā
:kaśmalaṁ śamayann iva
:([[SB 3.9.27-28]])

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4) Please use diacritics for Sanskrit words.

This list of common Sanskrit diacritics is found at the bottom of each page when editing.

Diacritics: Ā Ī Ū Ṛ Ṣ Ñ Ṭ Ḍ Ṇ Ś ā ī ū ṛ ṅ ṣ ñ ṭ ḍ ṇ ś ṁ ḥ

5) For page titles under the video link place this coding directly after the title <br />- Prabhupāda and then the number

example: Krishna is God<br />- Prabhupāda 1081

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