Computer Simulation of Astadhyayi: Some Insights

Panini's Astadhyayi is often compared to a computer program for its rigour and coverage of the then prevalent Sanskrit language. The emergence of computer science has given a new dimension to the Paninian studies as is evident from the recent efforts by Mishra [7], Hyman [5] and Scharf [10]. Ours is an attempt to discover programming concepts, techniques and paradigms employed by Panini. We discuss how the three sutras: purvatrasiddham 8.2.1, asiddhavad atrabhat 6.9.22, and satvatukor asiddhah 6.1.86 play a major role in the ordering of the sutras and provide a model which can be best; described with privacy of data spaces. For conflict resolution, we use two criteria: utsarga-apavada relation between sutras, and the word integrity principle. However, this needs further revision. The implementation is still in progress. The current implementation of inflectional morphology to derive a speech form is discussed in detail.