Indian scholar Rishi Rajpopat, who’s pursuing his PhD in St. John’s College at University of Cambridge, has solved a 2,500 year old problem posed by Paṇini’s ancient Sanskrit text, Aṣṭādhyāyī. The text is a sequential set of rules to follow to create new words in the language, but several rules contradict each other simultaneously at certain times. To resolve the rule conflict, scholars through the ages have created elaborate linguistic devices. However, Rajpopat interpreted Paṇini’s rule in a much simpler way to solve this problem that has confounded Sanskrit linguists for 2,500 years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more: https://theprint.in/science/indian-scholar-at-cambridge-solves-2500-yr-old-sanskrit-algorithm-problem-in-paninis-text/1265698/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join our channel to get access to perks. Click 'JOIN' or follow the link below: null --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8