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lsrinivas
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lsrinivas
4y ago
Sanskrit has 1800 odd verbs in its list of verbs which are conjugated in 10 tenses and moods with 3 different persons (1st, 2nd and 3rd persons) and 3 different numbers (singular, dual and plural). There's additionally active voice and
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lsrinivas
4y ago
Vikram Chandra's article was well written until the point where he fell to the seductive charms of 'Sanskrit is a programming language' line peddled by mostly, though not all, non-Sanskritists.
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lsrinivas
4y ago
It's sad that in the US Buddhism stands for some kind of a woolly notion of peace and peacefulness. In the countries where it is in majority, it is as bad as any other institutionalized religion. Sri Lanka and Burma (now Myanmar), know
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lsrinivas
4y ago
I too was scratching my head about as you put it , "what the groundbreaking research was". The academic review link that you posted was rather useful though it was a little technical. I think the book needs to be read. But thanks
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lsrinivas
5y ago
The interface is somewhat non-transparent. I was looking for an 'Enter' and a 'Backspace' key. there's only one. Some clues on how to play might be helpful
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lsrinivas
5y ago
It was Netflix's Chief Content Officer in 2013 who said 'The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.". I think this gent's now co CEO.