Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years by PhD student

I just knew all that Trig would come in handy one day!................

21 posted on 12/15/2022 6:37:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)

Luckily we’re honkies, so we understand racist Trigonometry…

22 posted on 12/15/2022 6:41:14 AM PST by EEGator

23 posted on 12/15/2022 7:22:27 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )

Here is hoping some ancient wisdom is revealed with this new breakthrough translating Sanskrit.

24 posted on 12/15/2022 8:08:54 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)

To: BenLurkin; Red Badger; algore; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; ...

Thanks BenLurkin for posting the topic (cuz I'm basically lazy), thanks algore for sending a similar link (see below), and thanks Red Badger for the ping.

I'm sure there are Simpson fans out there, so, pullllease.

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge. Dr Rishi Rajpopat made the breakthrough by decoding a rule taught by “the father of linguistics” Pāṇini.

The discovery makes it possible to 'derive' any Sanskrit word – to construct millions of grammatically correct words including 'mantra’ and 'guru’ – using Pāṇini’s revered 'language machine’ which is widely considered to be one of the great intellectual achievements in history.

Leading Sanskrit experts have described Rajpopat’s discovery as 'revolutionary’ and it could now mean that Pāṇini’s grammar can be taught to computers for the first time.
Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years | Cambridge University | 412K subscribers | 1,244 views | December 15, 2022

25 posted on 12/15/2022 8:54:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

All of a sudden, grammar is important?

26 posted on 12/15/2022 9:02:45 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)

27 posted on 12/15/2022 9:03:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)

On April 1, 2000

Microsoft released a cuneiform hieroglyph language pack for windows.

I wish had kept a copy of it.

28 posted on 12/15/2022 9:08:49 AM PST by algore

You can find the Ugaritic cuneiform in this app

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/ugaritic-alphabet/9PHP9MTN6PZT

29 posted on 12/15/2022 9:24:11 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)

30 posted on 12/15/2022 9:28:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

Caffe Rizza, yeah, I was a bussbuoy there when I wuz in kollagen.

31 posted on 12/15/2022 9:29:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

PhD student solves 2,500-year-old Sanskrit problem
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3gw9v7jnvo

32 posted on 12/15/2022 9:39:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

That would be a great name for a model of car.

33 posted on 12/15/2022 2:37:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

Lotta people here don’t like grammar.

34 posted on 12/15/2022 5:00:54 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)

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