Terms of Use
1. Purpose
The Vedas Translation Platform is a scholarly and educational resource operated as part of the Vedic Project of Guyana Gurukula / Institute of Vedic Studies & Research Center. Its purpose is to preserve, present and disseminate Sanskrit-to-English translations of the four Vedas for study, research, and respectful discussion.
2. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing the platform, reading published content, creating an account, submitting translations, or participating in discussions, you agree to these Terms of Use.
3. Permitted Use
Visitors may read, quote, and reference published translations for personal study, academic research, and non-commercial educational purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the contributor where identified and to the Institute of Vedic Studies & Research Center / Vedas Translation Platform.
4. Prohibited Use
Users may not reproduce, redistribute, republish, sell, commercially exploit, or systematically copy published translations without prior written permission. Automated scraping, bulk downloading, data mining, systematic extraction, or use of the platform content for commercial datasets, machine-learning datasets, or similar automated purposes is not permitted without written permission. Users may not misuse the platform, interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, impersonate others, or upload unlawful, infringing, abusive, or misleading content.
5. Contributor Submissions
Translations are submitted by invited or authorized contributors and are subject to review and approval before publication.
By submitting a translation, commentary, note, or other contribution, the contributor confirms that the submitted work is original to them or that they have the necessary rights and permissions to submit it.
The contributor grants the platform and the Institute of Vedic Studies & Research Center a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to review, edit for formatting and editorial consistency, publish, display, archive, reproduce, and distribute the submitted content through the platform and related educational project materials.
Contributors retain copyright in their original submitted work unless a separate written agreement states otherwise. For details about ownership, attribution, and permitted public use of submitted content, please see the Copyright and Attribution Policy.
6. Editorial Review
The platform may approve, reject, edit, annotate, format, unpublish, or remove submitted content at its discretion, including for scholarly, editorial, technical, legal, or community-related reasons. Publication of a translation does not mean that the platform endorses every interpretation or scholarly view expressed by the contributor.
7. Accuracy Disclaimer
Translations and interpretations represent the scholarly views of individual contributors. The platform does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or definitive nature of any translation. Multiple interpretive traditions may be presented to encourage comparative study.All content is provided for educational, research, and informational purposes only.
8. Community Guidelines
Comments and discussions must be respectful, scholarly, and on-topic. Users may not post content that is abusive, hateful, harassing, defamatory, unlawful, spam, promotional, or unrelated to the purpose of the platform. By posting comments or discussion content, users grant the platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display, store, moderate, and remove such content as necessary for operating the platform. The platform reserves the right to remove comments, restrict access, or suspend accounts that violate these Terms.
9. Copyright and Attribution
Published translations, commentaries, notes, platform design, structure, editorial materials, and related content are protected by copyright and other applicable rights.
Unless otherwise stated, translations remain the copyright of their respective contributors and are licensed to the Institute of Vedic Studies & Research Center for publication and distribution through the platform.
Visitors may read and quote published content only as permitted by these Terms and the Copyright and Attribution Policy. Proper attribution should include the contributor name where shown, the platform or Institute name, and a reference or link to the relevant page where possible.
10. Copyright Concerns and Permission Requests
If you believe that any content on the platform infringes your copyright or other rights, or if you wish to request permission to reproduce, republish, distribute, or otherwise use platform content beyond the permitted uses, please contact us at [contact email] with sufficient information to identify the content and explain your request.
11. Privacy
Use of the platform may involve the collection and processing of personal data, such as account details, contributor profiles, comments, and technical logs. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information.
12. Availability and Changes
The platform may be updated, changed, suspended, or discontinued at any time. The platform may also update these Terms of Use from time to time. Continued use of the platform after changes are posted means that you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of [insert country/jurisdiction] , unless otherwise required by applicable law.
14. Contact
For questions about these Terms, contributor submissions, permissions, copyright concerns, privacy, or platform use, please contact us at [contact email].