The Clay Sanskrit Library (CSL) was created by the philanthropist, John P. Clay, to introduce classical Sanskrit literature to an international readership.
Co-published by NYU Press and the JJC Foundation, the CSL series consists of 56 volumes covering a wide spectrum of Sanskrit literature. Offering fresh new translations by leading scholars from around the world, each volume features the original Sanskrit text in transliterated Roman letters facing its English translation, as well as extensive explanatory notes.
A selection of CSL titles has been converted to digital format (eCSL), in editions that retain the facing page translations and which provide additional search and navigation features.
This eCSL program would not have been possible without the use of select translations from the hard-copy editions of the CSL. The Translators whose works have been converted to digital format have endorsed the use of their translations for this special collection of CSL titles. A list of those Translators, together with short biographies, is included in the “eCSL Translators” link on this page.