Bhittaipedia (Sindhi: ڀٽائيپيڊيا) is a project on Shah Jo Risalo, where all compilations, translations, books, research articles on the works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai are published. The project is developed by Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering, Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan.[1]
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Owner | Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering |
| URL | bhittaipedia |
| Commercial | No |
| Current status | Active |
Development
editIdea development was by computational linguist Amar Fayaz Buriro, who presented the concept of Bhittaipedia, where all translations of Shah Jo Risalo made by different authors and research papers including books may be publish on one Website as like Encyclopedia. Scientific data of animals, birds, places and human characters which were sung by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in his poetry will be provided in the research portal. Then Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering started work on this project.[2][3]
Languages
editSindhi is a primary language of Bhittaipedia, while English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Punjabi translations are available on the web application. The transliteration in Devanagari and Latin typography of each verse has been also published. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Bhittaipedia provides web portal users with machine translations in 130 different languages.[4][5][6]
Risalo's Translations
editSome of the translations of the Risalo available via Bhittaipedia are listed below with links.
Sindhi Editions of Risalo
editA list of Sindhi editions of the Risalo, available via Bhittaipedia, their editors and links are listed in the following table.
Bhittaipedia Edition of Risalo
editThe Bhittaipedia team has made a unique and invaluable contribution to global knowledge by consolidating all the poems and vaayis of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai into a single electronic edition. This comprehensive resource is easily accessible through the following links.
- In Arabic script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/arabic-perso
- In Devnagri script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/devnagri
- In Roman Sindhi script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/roman
Here are the Surs and their poem (bayt and vaayi) count in the Bhittaipedia edition of Risalo:
| Sur Count | Sur Name in Sindhi | Total Poems (Bayts) in a Sur | Total Vayyis in a Sur |
| 1 | ڪلياڻ | 84 | 7 |
| 2 | يمن ڪلياڻ | 254 | 12 |
| 3 | کنڀات | 110 | 8 |
| 4 | سريراڳ | 137 | 10 |
| 5 | سامونڊي | 116 | 11 |
| 6 | سھڻي | 283 | 21 |
| 7 | سارنگ | 85 | 6 |
| 8 | ڪيڏارو | 89 | 7 |
| 9 | آبڙي | 173 | 21 |
| 10 | معذوري | 192 | 13 |
| 11 | ديسي | 299 | 20 |
| 12 | ڪوھياري | 95 | 8 |
| 13 | حسيني | 349 | 30 |
| 14 | سورٺ | 97 | 6 |
| 15 | بروو سنڌي | 84 | 4 |
| 16 | راڻو | 224 | 10 |
| 17 | کاھوڙي | 65 | 5 |
| 18 | رامڪلي | 348 | 21 |
| 19 | پورب | 75 | 12 |
| 20 | بلاول | 87 | 5 |
| 21 | ليلا | 119 | 4 |
| 22 | ڏھر | 160 | 5 |
| 23 | جاجڪاڻي | 52 | 4 |
| 24 | ڪاپائتي | 43 | 1 |
| 25 | رِپ | 45 | 3 |
| 26 | آسا | 181 | 10 |
| 27 | گهاتو | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | ڪيڏارو | 25 | 1 |
| 29 | مارئي | 443 | 26 |
| 30 | ڪاموڏ | 43 | 3 |
| 31 | ڪارايل | 86 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 4470 | 299 |
In summary, the whole Risalo has 299 Vayyis and 4,470 Bayts. That is: 4,769 poems in total.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Siddiqui, Tahir (22 September 2021). "Sindh Assembly pays rich tribute to Shah Latif on 278th urs". DAWN.COM.
- ^ Samoon, Hanif (5 October 2020). "Bhittai's poetry collection to be published on Bhittai Pedia Application". Samaa.
- ^ "SA pays glowing tribute to Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai". The Nation. 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Poets, scholars, researchers for digitalisation of Shah Latif's poetry". The Nation. 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Bhitai's Urs concludes with spiritual bliss". The Express Tribune. 4 September 2023.
- ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (3 September 2023). "Literati call for digitising Bhitai's poetry to globalise saint's message". DAWN.COM.