Search Examples

Searching is case none-sensitive. The number of words in a query is not limited, but has an effect on the overall performance of searching. It is best to keep your query succinct.

Samples of Simple Queries

krsna balarama

This query will search all records containing both words "krsna" and "balarama" There is no given order or these words. That means records will be selected also if "balarama" is at the beginning and "krsna" at the end of record.

This form is equivalent to other forms:

krsna and balarama

krsna & balarama

krsna&balarama

krsna or balarama

This query will search all records containing either word "krsna" or "balarama" or both of them. Order of words is not specified.

This form is equivalent to:

krsna | balarama

More complex queries

radha*

This query will search all records containing the word starting with "radha". So all words like "radha", "radharani", "radha-shyamasundara" will be found. Asterisk (*) means "any characters or empty string".

radh*

This is a more general case of the previous example. Not only "radha", "radharani", "radha-shyamasundara", but also "radhe", "radhika" will be found.

radh?

Question mark is a wildcard substituting one character (letter or number), so "radha", "radhe" will be found.

krsna or balaram and nityananda

Operators have precedence. The "and" operator has a higher priority than "or" operator. So this query will find all records which contain either both words "balaram" and "nityananda" or they just contain word "krsna".

This form is equivalent to:

krsna | balaram & nityananda

krsna or balaram nityananada (without "and")

(krsna or balaram) nityananda

Brackets are grouping words together and also modifying the operator scope. So this query will find all records which contain either "krsna" or "balaram", but at the same time must contain also word "nityananda".

Phrase search

"arjuna said"

Quotation marks groups words into a phrase, so this query will search all records where "arjuna" and "said" are placed one after another.

Using wildcards, brackets and operator "or" is not allowed in phrase searches (between two quotation marks).

Query templates

Query templates are helping to search by specific predefined criteria. Default set of query templates consists of:

Lectures

Strings

Verse Text Only

Synonyms Only

Translation Only

Purports Only

Lectures - type abbreviation of scripture and verse number. Alternatively you can type in chapter or canto.

Examples:
bg 7.1
finds all lectures given on Bhagavad-gita, Text 7.1

bg 8
finds all lectures given on Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 8, all texts

sb 7.7.2
finds all lectures given on Srimad Bhagavatam, Text 7.7.2

sb 3.5
finds all lectures given on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 3, Chapter 5, all texts

sb 9
finds all lectures given on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9, all chapters, all texts

cc antya
finds all lectures given on Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Antya-lila, all chapters

cc antya 3
finds all lectures given on Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Antya-lila, Chapter 3, all texts

cc madhya 7.1
finds all lectures given on Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Antya-lila, Text 7.1

iso
finds all lectures on Sri Isopanisad

nod
finds all lectures on Nectar of Devotion

bs
finds all lectures on Brahma samhita

7.1
finds all lectures on text 7.1 from BG and CC plus all lectures on SB Canto 7, chapter 1.

Strings - this is equivalent to phrase search, except you do not need to type in quote marks.

Verse Text Only - only Verse Text section will be searched for given words

Synonyms Only - only Synonyms section will be searched for given words

Translation Only - only Translation section will be searched for given words

Purport Only - only purport section will be searched for given words