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Around 500 BCE, the Indian scholar Pāṇini wrote a treatise on Sanskrit, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, describing a kind of language machine: an algebraic system of rules for producing grammatically correct word forms. The enormity and elegance of that accomplishment—and the underlying computational methodology—cemented Pāṇini’s place as a founder of linguistics. Even so, ... Show More
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<p>Sources/Recomended Reading:</p><br><p>Bharati, Agehananda (1965). "The Tantric Tradition". B.I. Publications.</p><br><p>Bhattacharyya, N.N. (2005). "History of the Tantric Religion". Second Revised Edition. Manohar.</p><br><p>Bryant, Edwin F. (translated by) (2009). "The Yoga ... Show More
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