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A Computational Algorithm for Metrical Classification of Verse (1004.3262v3)
Published 19 Apr 2010 in cs.OH
Abstract: 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.