Module · Samhita Patra

The word processor
for government records.

पत्र — दस्तावेज़

From a one-page noting to a 400-page enquiry report — Patra carries the structure, footnotes and bilingual rhythm that an Indian office writes in every day.

Inside the module

What the officer actually sees.

Every module of SamhitaOffice carries a colour — a quiet visual rhythm that helps the office recognise the right tool at a glance.

It works the way Indian offices already work — long-form, footnoted, bilingual, archival. Not a consumer editor; a tool for records that outlive the people who file them.

And like the rest of the suite, it stays inside your air-gapped network. Nothing is sent out. Nothing requires a cloud login. The document is yours alone.

Original Samhita Patra word processor with document ribbon and page workspace
What Patra does

Built around the everyday writing of an Indian office.

Notings & Drafts

Patra is built around the way an Indian office actually writes — running notings, draft replies, marginal initials, footnoted references and bilingual columns. The interface stays out of the way; the document carries the meaning.

  • Continuous noting view
  • Draft → fair-copy workflow
  • Marginal officer initials
  • Devanagari + Latin in one line

DAK-Ready Long Documents

Whether you are preparing a 12-page reply to a Parliamentary question or a 400-page enquiry report, Patra holds structure across the long form — chapter numbering, annexures, endnotes, table of contents.

  • Auto chapter & annexure numbering
  • Endnotes, footnotes, marginalia
  • Bilingual table of contents
  • Stable across hundreds of pages

Templates the Office Already Speaks

A growing library of starter templates — office memorandum, circular, gazette entry, RTI reply, tour report, audit observation — preloaded with the right register and format for Indian government use.

  • Office Memorandum (OM)
  • Gazette / circular
  • RTI reply & first appeal
  • Tour report · Audit observation

Mail-Merge for Circulars

Generate hundreds of personalised circulars, DAK covers or postings orders from a single spreadsheet — entirely offline, without ever exporting recipient lists outside the LAN.

  • Spreadsheet-driven
  • Bulk PDF/A export
  • Conditional sections
  • Address-block formatting
Pre-Built Template Support · 20 Templates

Twenty templates the Indian office already speaks.

SamhitaPatra includes 20 pre-built government document templates so departments can begin work immediately with consistent structure and formatting — covering daily drafting of letters, notes, approvals and administrative records.

  • T-01Office Note
  • T-02Approval Note
  • T-03Administrative Approval
  • T-04Agenda Note
  • T-05Meeting Minutes
  • T-06Circular
  • T-07Office Memorandum
  • T-08Official Letter
  • T-09Sanction Note
  • T-10Internal Communication
  • T-11Project Note
  • T-12Procurement Note
  • T-13Department Brief
  • T-14File Movement Note
  • T-15Tour Report
  • T-16RTI Reply
  • T-17Show-Cause Notice
  • T-18Inspection Note
  • T-19Demi-Official Letter
  • T-20Forwarding Note
Inside Samhita Patra

Built for the long life of an official record.

Patra is engineered for documents that must remain readable, citable and legally defensible decades after they were drafted — not just opened next week.

Bilingual Typesetting

Mixed Devanagari + Latin in a single paragraph with correct line-height, kerning and digit shaping. Supports Hindi, English, Sanskrit and 11 regional Indic scripts.

File Formats

Native .patra format plus full read/write for .docx, .odt, .rtf and .txt. Import legacy WordStar, WordPerfect and ISCII files from older record rooms.

Track Changes & Marginalia

Officer-wise change tracking with initial blocks, side-margin remarks and a complete revision ledger that can be printed alongside the fair copy.

Accessibility

Tagged PDF/UA export with reading order, alt-text and language tags — meeting GIGW and WCAG 2.1 AA requirements for government publications.

Citation & Cross-Reference

Numbered paragraph references, internal cross-links, gazette citation style and a citation library you can carry across files in the same case.

Print Fidelity

Print preview matches the printed page to within a millimetre. Margins, binding offsets, page numbering and watermarking respect the central secretariat manual.

Technical specifications
Max document size
~2,500 pages
Languages
15 Indic + English
Export formats
PDF/A · DOCX · ODT · RTF
Footnote depth
Unlimited nesting
Mail-merge fields
Up to 256 columns
Runs on
Windows · Linux (BOSS, Ubuntu)