Candana Bhikkhu YouTube Coverage Status
Generated: 2026-06-17
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@candanabhikkhu

Purpose
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Single-file coverage map for the public Candana Bhikkhu YouTube corpus,
placed under the recommended canonical hierarchy:

  buddhism/
    theravada/
      tipitaka/
        sutta/

Status values
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COMPLETE: public playlist/title coverage appears complete for the collection.
LIKELY COMPLETE: coverage appears complete, but needs a manifest-level audit.
PARTIAL: substantial public coverage exists, but known gaps remain.
INCOMPLETE: public coverage is visibly incomplete.
NOT ASSESSED: not checked in the initial analysis.

Important constraint
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This file is a coverage and feasibility map, not a permission grant. Avoid
youtube2mp3-style services for production. Preferred pipeline:

  1. Ask the channel owner for permission and source files.
  2. Inventory public playlists and uploads.
  3. Prefer existing text/PDF sources where available.
  4. Use ASR only for missing text or talks where rights permit.
  5. Align every output to canonical IDs.

Discovered text/PDF sources
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Primary source lead:

  https://www.mindreleased.com/pali-suttas

This page states that it contains a selection of Bhikkhu Candana's
translations of the Pali Suttas. Initial crawl found 196 downloadable PDF
links from this page. These are selected suttas, not the full Tipitaka.

Second source lead:

  https://www.mindreleased.com/sutta-nipata

This page links to a Sutta Nipata PDF:

  https://www.mindreleased.com/s/Sutta-Nipta_Bhikkhu_Candana_2026-sm.pdf

Implication:

  The low-cost path should be source-PDF discovery and extraction first,
  then YouTube playlist/audio only for works not already available as text.

Hierarchy
---------

buddhism/
  theravada/
    tipitaka/
      vinaya/                         NOT ASSESSED
      sutta/
        digha-nikaya/                 COMPLETE
          Notes:
            Public playlist exposes DN 1 through DN 34.
            Observed count: 34 videos.

        majjhima-nikaya/              LIKELY COMPLETE
          Notes:
            Public playlist inventory found 151 videos directly.
            Search also finds MN 64, so the collection is probably complete
            after accounting for playlist/search mismatch.
            Canonical target: MN 1 through MN 152.
            Needs final manifest audit before bulk transcription.

        samyutta-nikaya/              PARTIAL
          Notes:
            Public playlists include strong early coverage and selected later
            suttas, but not full SN coverage.
            Observed title units across main and temporary SN playlists:
            roughly 700+ numbered units.
            Canonical target is much larger and spans 56 samyuttas.
            Main visible coverage reaches SN 22, with selected later entries
            such as SN 35, SN 36, SN 45, SN 46, SN 47, SN 51, SN 52, SN 54,
            SN 55, and SN 56.

        anguttara-nikaya/             LIKELY COMPLETE
          Notes:
            Public playlist exposes Book I through Book XI, ending at
            Book XI Suttas 982-1151.
            Observed count: 185 videos.
            Titles are range-based, so 185 videos can cover many more than
            185 suttas.
            Needs range parser audit before declaring complete.

        khuddaka-nikaya/
          dhammapada/                 COMPLETE
            Notes:
              Verse-level playlist effectively covers verses 1 through 423.
              Some titles contain typos or combined ranges, so simple
              one-video-per-verse counting undercounts coverage.
              A separate 26-chapter Dhammapada playlist also exists.

          udana/                      COMPLETE
            Notes:
              Public Udana coverage appears to include Ud 1.1 through Ud 8.10.

          itivuttaka/                 PARTIAL
            Notes:
              Public playlist appears to cover Iti 1 through Iti 112 except
              Iti 94, unless Iti 94 is hidden by a title typo or combined item.

          sutta-nipata/               LIKELY COMPLETE
            Notes:
              Public playlist has book-level readings plus a full audiobook.
              The Mind Released site also exposes Sutta Nipata PDFs by book.

          theragatha/                 LIKELY COMPLETE
            Notes:
              Public playlist uses book/chapter grouping and appears to reach
              the Great Book of Verses.

          therigatha/                 INCOMPLETE
            Notes:
              Public playlist currently reaches the Book of Five Verses.
              Later Therigatha books were not observed in the playlist.

          jataka/                     PARTIAL
            Notes:
              Public channel has a Jataka Stories playlist, but this is not
              a complete Jataka canon coverage claim.

          khuddakapatha/              NOT ASSESSED
          vimanavatthu/               NOT ASSESSED
          petavatthu/                 NOT ASSESSED
          niddesa/                    NOT ASSESSED
          patisambhidamagga/          NOT ASSESSED
          apadana/                    NOT ASSESSED
          buddhavamsa/                NOT ASSESSED
          cariyapitaka/               NOT ASSESSED
          nettipakarana/              NOT ASSESSED
          petakopadesa/               NOT ASSESSED
          milindapanha/               NOT ASSESSED

      abhidhamma/                     NOT ASSESSED

Initial proof-of-concept recommendation
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Run a metadata-only inventory first:

  python tools/buddhist_canon_pipeline/youtube_playlist_inventory.py ^
    --playlist-id PLU4yfURMbbTmRF1m6D8u92TR4jxTh1CuT ^
    --collection digha-nikaya ^
    --output artifacts/buddhist_canon_poc/digha-nikaya-manifest.jsonl

Then audit manifest rows against canonical IDs. Only after the manifest is
clean should audio/text acquisition or transcription be attempted.
