Knowledge

Editorial standards

Publication requires source tiers, rights clarity, and confidential-content gates. Restricted initiation or mantra material is never published.

Source authority tiers

A1 — Governing primary sources (Prabhupāda; GBC/ministry within mandate)
A2 — Approved Gauḍīya educational and research sources
B1/B2 — Comparative or manuscript sources with labels
C1 — Academic secondary context (never sole practice basis)
D — Discovery only; cannot establish a published conclusion

Quotation types

Direct quote, translation, paraphrase, adaptation, explanation, and reflection are labeled distinctly.

Publication gates

Unknown rights → blocked
Unreviewed sacred text → blocked
Confidential initiation/mantra content → blocked and absent from public bundles
Fabricated citation → blocked
Missing required reviewer → blocked

Public identity

Svarna Gauranga Das · svarnagaurangdas@gmail.com · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania