Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Sanskrit Alphabet's Scientific Arrangementhttp://www.hindu.com/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002710300.htmMYSORE, INDIA, August 19, 2004: Recalling sage Panini's 2,000-year-old contribution to acoustics, the former Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University, B.S. Ramakrishna, on Thursday said the sage's well-researched arrangement of the alphabet of Devanagiri script was a unique effort. Inaugurating a national workshop on "Acoustic analysis of speech" here, Prof. Ramakrishna said the scientific arrangement of alphabets of Devanagiri script was in accordance with the pronunciation of sounds. "This is not found in any other language in theworld," Prof. Ramakrishna said. Prof. Ramakrishna described Panini as the first researcher in the field of acoustics. BR>-----------HINDU PRESS INTERNATIONALA daily news summary for breaking news sent via e-mail and posted on the web for media, educators, researchers, writers, religious leaders worldwide and Hinduism Today magazine rs, courtesy of Hinduism Today editorial staff Visit our archives at http://www.HinduismToday.com/hpi/ -- _________Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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