A Computational Algorithm for Metrical Classification of Verse
The science of versification and analysis of verse in Sanskrit is
governed by rules of metre or chandas. Such metre-wise
classification of verses has numerous uses for scholars and
researchers alike, such as in the study of poets and their style of
Sanskrit poetical works. This paper presents a comprehensive
computational scheme and set of algorithms to identify the metre
of verses given as Sanskrit (Unicode) or English E-text (Latin
Unicode). The paper also demonstrates the use of euphonic
conjunction rules to correct verses in which these conjunctions,
which are compulsory in verse, have erroneously not been
implemented.
Keywords: Sanskrit, verse, hashing, metre, chandas, metrical
classification, sandhi
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