There are a
lot of concepts present in science which were mentioned in ancient Sanskrit
scripts. We do not understand that what we learn is from 16th
century to 21st century. All these developments were enclosed and
hidden in Sanskrit scriptures long ago. Some concepts which we think were
developed recently like compression and decompression, coding and encoding
& decoding, multiplexing, etc, were already done by great Sanskrit
scholars.
For example,
what we call compression is reducing the bit sizes and making the bits compact.
This was done very long ago by Panini. Panini’s grammar is what we are learning
in Sanskrit. Panini developed 8 books of Grammar, called “Ashtaadhyaayi” (अष्टाध्यायी). They contain around 4000 “Sutras”
(सूत्राणि), or the rules in the form of
aphorisms. These are not just axioms, because they can be explained. Also, they
can be expanded. “Sutras” are in the compressed form. For example,
“Echoyavaayaava:” (एचोयवायाव:) is one sutra where one of the important Sandhi is
explained. For a normal person it might look absurd with no meaning. But its
meaning can be obtained by decompressing it. The decompressed one is called “Vaartika”(वार्तिक). It is of the form “Echa: kramaat ay av aay aav
ete syu:” (एच: क्रमात् अय् अव् आय् आव् एते स्यु:). After Panini, there were scholars
who wrote Vartikas for Panini’s Ashtaadhyaayi. A further decompression would
result in elaborate explanation called “Bhaashya”. There were many scholars who
did “Bhashya” for Panini’s Ashtaadhyaayi.
Another
example is of the coding and decoding. There is a system called Katapaya (कटपय) coding. Here the alphabet of
Sanskrit language is provided a code number for each letter, called Katapaya
Sankhya. Many scholars used this coding system in their Shlokas for portraying
mathematics, astronomical concepts, geography, philosophy, and logic. One such
example is that: when any shloka has the word “Paapam”, when the entire letters
of the Shloka are converted to their equivalent sankhya, the entire number is
divisible by 11. 11 is the number denoted by converting “Paapam” to katapaya
coding. Poets like Kalidas, Vedanta Desika have used the coding system in many
of their shlokas to show the beauty as well as command over the language. Another
usage of this Katapaya coding can be found in Ragas – Melakarta.
In one of the shlokas praising Lord
Krishna, the author has decoded the value of pi (22/7), upto 31 decimal places
using the Katapaya coding.
गोपीभाग्यमधुव्रातशृङ्गिशोदधिसन्धिग खलजीवितखातावगलहालारसन्धर |
3.1415926535897932384626433832792
There are a lot of words in Sanskrit denoting
tree like तरु, वृक्षं, द्रुमं, etc. But there is one word which
scientifically explains what a tree does – पादप: - explained as पादै: पिबति इति – meaning one who drinks water using his feet
(here roots of the tree).
In Vedas, there are
numerous places which speak about life and nature. It explains the evolution
of elements and species.
आकाशद्वयु: | वायोरग्नि: | अग्नेरापळ: | अद्भ्य:पृथिवी | … It is an extract from Upanishad
that says about how elements are evolved from ether, etc.
We have
scientists who research Panini grammar, for getting out the application in
Natural Language Processing. Also, organizations like NASA have confirmed that
there are numerous benefits in using Sanskrit language for the current and the
future generation too. Fields like artificial intelligence, machine learning,
aeronautics, etc. can use the structure of Sanskrit language for developing
their desired products. The above information is not even a drop among the ocean.
