Threads of Knowledge (Export) (Edition1) (Paperback)
Vidya Jayaraman
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Add to basketPaperback. Imagine a journey thousands of years into the past, looking through the eyes of a young boy in Shalatura whose fascination with words led to an influential work on Samskrtam grammarthat laid foundations for centuries to come. The book explores the system created by this brilliant mind-a system that inspired generations of grammarians, linguists, philosophers, and thinkers of Bharat.The narrative provides a bird's-eye view of the journey of Samskrtam from its earliest times, introducing Panini, who mined the gems; Katyayana, who polished them; Patanjali, who strung and elaborately ornamented them; and Bharthari, who illumined a universe through these gems. It also explains through specific parallels exactly what this system means to themodern worlds of computer science and computational linguistics.While woven as an engaging fictional narrative, every part of this journey rests upon a firm textual basis. The book demonstrates that these traditions are not frozen relics of the past but a dynamic, living intellectual system. Ultimately, it is a creative exploration of a real history of ideas, serving as an entry point for readers to discover the original works of these great minds. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Imagine a journey thousands of years into the past, looking through the eyes of a young boy in Shalatura whose fascination with words led to an influential work on Samskrtam grammar
that laid foundations for centuries to come. The book explores the system created by this brilliant mind-a system that inspired generations of grammarians, linguists, philosophers, and thinkers of Bharat.
The narrative provides a bird's-eye view of the journey of Samskrtam from its earliest times, introducing Panini, who mined the gems; Katyayana, who polished them; Patanjali, who strung and elaborately ornamented them; and Bhartṛhari, who illumined a universe through these gems. It also explains through specific parallels exactly what this system means to the
modern worlds of computer science and computational linguistics.
While woven as an engaging fictional narrative, every part of this journey rests upon a firm textual basis. The book demonstrates that these traditions are not frozen relics of the past but a dynamic, living intellectual system. Ultimately, it is a creative exploration of a real history of ideas, serving as an entry point for readers to discover the original works of these great minds.
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