Subject: Ganakastadhyayi (A Software
on Panini's Sutras - Win95/98)

Developed by Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath,
Sirigere - 577 541 Karnataka, India. Email:swamiji@vsnl.com


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Greetings from India !

WELCOME to the Free download page of Ganakastadhyayi (Windows version
1.0) - a unique software on Sanskrti grammar based on the Sutras of
Panini. The software, Ganakashtadhyayi , derives its name from the
original treatise namely, Ashtadhyayi . 'Ganaka' means computer and
'Ganakashtadhyayi', therefore, means computer software on Ashtadhyayi.
Ashtadhyayi is a wellknown treatise on Sanskrit grammar written by the
great sage, Panini , who lived as early as 5th century BC. The original
work comprises about 4,000 Sutras (each Sutra not exceeding the length
of a normal sentence and many Sutras are even shorter than a phrase or
a word) and is known for its brevity and for its scientific exposition
of the science of language. It explains the entire Sanskrit grammar in
a very scientific manner and is unparalleled in the history of books on
grammar available in any language.

This unique software on Sanskrit Grammar is carefully developed for the
use of Sanskrit students and for scholars as well, by no other person
than a religious head namely, His Holiness Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji of Sri
Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere (Karnataka). The Swamiji did
his doctoral studies in Sanskrit at the Banaras Hindu University and
later pursued his post-doctoral studies at the Indologisches Institut
of the University of Vienna (Austria).

The Swamiji was the Honourary President of the Organizing Committee of
the 10th World Sanskrit Conference held at Taralabalu Kendra in Bangalore
in the year 1997. The Swamiji is a happy blending of both traditional
knowledge and modern science, and has put in a lot of efforts in making
this software more useful to students as well as scholars of Sanskrit
grammar. It is menu driven and is very user friendly. Any person with a
little knowledge of operating the computer can run the programme. The
present version (1.0) is only a preliminary version (unedited) having
minimum features:

1. All the Sutras of Panini are given in Roman script using standard
diacritical marks (Complete) 2. Pada-Patha: Splitting of Sandhis in
the Sutras for easy comprehension (Incomplete) 3. Vrittis are given on
the Sutras as found in the Siddhanta Kaumudi and Laghu Siddhanta-kaumudi
(Incomplete).  4. Sutras can be sorted either in the order of Ashtadhyayi
or Siddhanta Kaumudi or Laghu Siddhanta-kaumudi.  5. Provision for English
Translation and Explanation is made (Incomplete) 6. Some of the commands
are made available at a click away using the right mouse button.


The higher version, to be released soon, would have the option of
selecting Roman script or Devangari script. The Vrittis in Siddhanta
Kaumudi and Laghu Kaumudi will also be given seperately. The data is
being revised and updated.

Acknowledgement: The fonts "Times Shiva Roman" used in this software are
developed by the Swamiji based on the fonts "Times_CSX" kindly provided
by Dr John Smith of Cambridge. Proper documentation will be done in the
regular version of the software.

Any comments/suggestions for the improvement of the software are
most welcome. However, please note that this is an unedited version
and therefore, the textual mistakes need not be pointed out at this
stage. Please send your personal comments/suggestions to: swamiji@vsnl.com


CAUTION: The software has been tested with Internet Explorer (ver 4.0)
and Netscape (Ver 4.7) on Windows98 and is working fine. Those who
cannot download the self-extracting downloadable zipped files (*.exe)
at the site and not able to save them to their system: the problem is
with the incompatible version of their browser. Such scholars may inform
swamiji@vsnl.com about their operating system and the kind of browser
they are using and its version. However, Windows NT users are advised
not to try dowloading!