11.03.2015 VenkataSubramanian P, Sowmya Nagaraj

Samskruta Sevavrathees

Vyoma Lingusitc Labs Foundation

Technology with Tradition

पुराणमितेव न साधु सववि ्

न चापप काव्यि ्नवमित्यवद्यि ्

सन्तः परीक्ष्यान्यतरद् भजन्ते िढूः परप्रत्ययनेयबपुधः

What is constant is change in the world – with respect to technology

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the

slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle………

when the sun comes up you better be running.”

1. Awareness regarding the relevant trends in Sanskrit Language and

Technology, DIGITAL SANSKRIT INITIATIVE - AN EXTENSION OF DIGITAL

INDIA INITIATIVE( EDUCATION)

2. How technology can be used for Mass media related to Sanskrit

3. General e-learning trends for Language teaching and how they can be

adapted to Sanskrit.

4. Knowledge of Tools and techniques related to Sanskrit Teaching &

Learning through Technology

5. Web resources in Sanskrit – Advantages of Using technology and the web.

6. Sanskrit for technology and technology for Sanskrit – Apadana or

Sampradana

7. This conference to act as a first step - deliberate discussions , invite

research papers in the subject, seek the views of traditional scholars,

teachers and technologists

8. More areas like Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, NLP , Big Data for

Sanskrit to be dealt with in detail in future conferences.

9. Fosters thinking among Researchers, Teachers and Sanskrit Fraternity to

work in this area

10. Last but not the least – To create an awareness that use of technology

for any Sanskrit related work embracing technology/ acquiring

technological skill is mandatory for Sanskrit fraternity.

Sl No. Description For information/

Action

1 Introduction – Why this seminar?

2 Digital Sanskrit / Technology for Sanskrit

Professionals

3 How to deal Sanskrit Language with

computers?

4 Sanskrit for Technology

5 Sanskrit and Mass Media, Sanskrit E-learning –

Trends, Challenges, Example Demos

6 Conclusion

• Transform from Manual worker to Knowledge Worker ( Knowledge

Economy)

• Information / Knowledge age – Paper based skills cannot keep up

with the pace of information creation

• Eric Schmidt , Chairman of Google

• We now create more new knowledge in 1 day than the total

knowledge that was created since the dawn of human race

• Printing : Books = Internet : ICT

( Vidvan Mani Dravida Sastrigal Advaitha vedantha )

Keep pace with the information created. Any idea how much

information is available ?

Sanskrit Professional

Knowledge Management

Mass Media

Teaching/ Learning

Printing & Publishing

Social Media

Information

Management

• It is affecting our life every

second

Eg: Shaastra Goshti, Teaching,

Learning, etc

Suggest that we should embrace

technology at work and in our

personal life.

What is this ancient knowledge system that we are taking about ?

Source: Dr. Ramanujan, C- DAC

• Gyana Parampara

• Preserve the Gyana Parampara

• How to Create and Preserve and ensure that this knowledge

reaches the masses – benefit of mankind

• Creation of Knowledge Base , Lexicon base

• Natural Language Processing on Sanskrit to arrive at

Interpretation of the knowledge stored ( Use shaastras here)

• Unearth the linguistic ability of the Sanskrit language at the word

level, sentence level, paragraph level – New Field called Sanskrit

Computational Linguistics

• Panini is the father of computers and Ashtadhyayi is the focus of

Sanskrit Computational Linguistics

SANSKRIT COMPUTATIONAL LINGUSTICS _ OVERVIEW Source: Dr. Ramanujan, CDAC

• Text to Speech, Speech to Text

• OCR _ Optical Character Recognition, Manuscript related work

• Voice based computing Research have started

• Pioneers in the field

• CDAC Dr. Ramanujan

• Dr. Ramakrishnamacharyalu,, RSVP

• Dr. Vineet Chaitanya, IIIT, Hyderabad

• Dr. Rajeev Sanghal – IT BHU

• Dr. Amba Kulkarni - UOH

• Dr. Srinivasa Varakhedi

• Dr. Tirumala Kulkarni

• Dr. Jerard Heut

• Dr. Peter Scharf

• Dr. Girish Nath Jha,

• Prof Lakshmithathachar

Phase 3 Phase 2

Preservation,

Prioritization

IMAGE PROCESSING

OCR< TTS

CAPTURE DETAILS

MMS

Phase 1 Phase 4

MANUSCRIPT LIFE CYCLE

Awareness creation

Identify existing

manuscripts.

Try to understand

content

If not contact experts/

Manuscript specialists

• Send the manuscripts

To the right place.

•Conservation and

preservation methods

•Security

•Prioritisation and

issue for phase 3

•Announcement in

portals, manuscript

newsletters

Scanning and

Preservation

Identify Lipi

Use of OCR tools and

lipi tutors to convert

to common base

Proof Reading

software ( text to

speech) with

correction window

Compare with original

text in database

Printable version

E-book format

Web books

COMPARE

ORIGINAL TEXT IN DATA BASE

• Computation is based on Predicate logic ( If then, for next);

Semantic networks and Dependencies

• Al these is seen in our Shaastras – Vyakarna, Nyaya and Mimasa

• Self Inference Generating characteristic of Vyakarna

• Applying Shaastric concepts in NLP, Computer assisted language

learning

• Superior Linguistic Capability of the Language itself

Source: Dr. Ramanujan

• Knowledge Compression Techniques

• Security

• Encryption

• Sentiment analysis ( voice based computing

• Alankara shaastra concepts of dhwani

• Vacho vichhiti

• Vakrokti

• Intonation

• Svaras and determination of meaning

• Big Data – NLP is one of the technique used in Big data analytics

Six basic questions

Mass Media

Mass Media

Broadcast Media

Print Media

Outdoor Media

Digital Media

Mass media is communication that reaches and

influences a large number of people.

Broadcast Media

Radio

Divyavani

5 minutes news on AIR

Music – Eastern and Western

Satyagraha (opera) by Philip Glass

Two albums by Madonna, Ray of Light and Music

The theme song of Battle star Galactica 2004

Indian classical music

Facts Films

Adi shankaracharya

Bhagavad-Gita

Punyakoti

Mudrarakshasa

Television

News in DD National

Wide geographic coverage & broad audience reach

TV media is expensive!!!

Take away

Broadcast Media Contd..

Many more radio stations

Dedicated TV channel

Fusion music

Animated movies

Films with social relevance

Wish List

Print Media

Newspapers and Magazines

Sudharma – daily newspaper print and e-paper from

Mysore

Over 90 weeklies, fortnightlies and quarterlies

Vartman Patram and Vishwasya Vrittantam

Facts

Easily available

Affordable

Strong Brand recognition

Take away

Books

Bhagavad-Gita

Panchatantra

Raghuvamsha

Mahabharata

Shaastras

Print Media Contd..

More Comics

Magazines exclusive for kids and women

More translations and commentaries of popular literary works

Wish List

Digital Media - Internet Facts

Access of content from anywhere

Updation of content in minutes

Viable means of communication

Take away

o E-learning websites

• http://sanskritfromhome.in

• http://samskrittutorial.in

• http://learnsanskrit.org/grammar

o Wikipedia • www.sa.wikisource.org/wiki/िुखपुटि ्

o Ebooks

• www.sanskritdocuments.org

• www.sanskritebooks.org/ebooks-download

o Dictionaries

• www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

• http://spokensanskrit.de

o Input tools

• sites.google.com/site/bhashaime

• www.google.co.in/inputtools

o Groups on internet

• groups.google.com/group/bvparishat/

• groups.google.com/group/samskrita

o Tools for computation

• http://sanskrit.uohyd.ernet.in/scl

• http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in/index.jsp

• http://www.sanskritworld.in/

o Websites of institutions promoting Samskrit

• http://samskritabharati.in

• http://sanskrit.nic.in

• http://rsvidyapeetha.ac.in

o Websites giving information about other

Sanskrit websites

• http://sanskritlinks.blogspot.in

• http://learnsanskrit.org/resources

• http://sanskrit.inria.fr/portal.html

Digital Media Contd..

Facts

Mobile Apps o Apps to learn basic Samskrit including basic grammar

o Dictionary

o Related to Yoga

o Subhashitaas

o Bhagavad-Gita

o Fables in Samskrit

Take away

Access of content from anywhere

Updation of content in minutes

Viable means of communication

Digital Media

Blogs in Samskrit

Creating tunes/jingles to Samskrit songs

Samskrit E-University

Active Sanskrit Forums/Groups

Social Media

WhatsApp groups

Samskrit Help line

Wish List

Mass Media

Pros

• Reach a large population across many demographics

• Entertaining as well as educational

• Creating a favorable climate of opinion

Cons

• Distorted perception of the real world

• Can easily induce beliefs that may be wrong, socially incorrect

• Personal interaction wont be there

Guiding principles across type of

media

Interactive & ‘making Sanskrit learning

interesting’

Ease of use and accessible

Digestible content, yet complete

‘Quality’ – Absolute ‘non-negotiable’

What is e-Learning? And.. What it is Not!

Learning connected with electronic

media

Adding audio to presentations,

recording live session and uploading

them to Website

E-Learning Presentations

Teach Inform

Self-paced Learning Persuade

Accessibility Reinforce

Instructional Design

Principles Content with Image

Learning Level Questions Q&A Session

E-Learning : Instruction delivered by any technological mode intended to promote

learning

Objectives

Process

Evaluation

Why e-Learning for Sanskrit?

Convenience

• Learn at best time and place

• Quality consistency

• Instant Feedback and Scores

• Less commute time

• Accommodate different learning styles and interest

Flexibility

• Self Paced Learning

• Increased Confidence

• Anytime access to discussion forums/chat rooms

Cost

• Reduced learning cost

• Larger scale, lower cost per user

• Lower infrastructure/facilities cost

• Greater Capacity

E –Learning trends and Future

Challenges in Sanskrit e-Learning

Lack of technology

awareness in student

Interaction with large group

Student accountability –

late/absent

How to overcome Content Development bottlenecks and

Infrastructure Snags?

Student motivation

Specific to Sanskrit – no repetition,

dictation

Support and human touch

Good webinar tools are expensive, internet bandwidth

challenge

Critical success factors – Sanskrit E-

learning

Course design

Adaptability

Guidance and help in LMS

Offer recognition and opportunities

Mode of Evaluation

WAY FORWARD IN E- LEARNING : CLASS ROOMS OF THE FUTURE

VIDEO

Śāstrādhyayanam शास्त्राध्ययनम ्

Granthādhyayanam

ग्रन्थाध्ययनम ्

Bhāśādhyayanam

भाषाध्ययनम ्

Tiered model for Samskrit learning

Fun combination of Audio, Video, games, activities, animations, tables, charts, question paper generator,

self assessment, etc

Video Activity Charts

Games Animation Question paper generator

Tables Exercises

Revision before Exam Student Performance Dashboard

Digital Multimedia Learning tool for children for basic Sanskrit

Concepts

•Sounds

•Script

•Vocabulary

•Genders-numbers

•Nouns,Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Numerals

Presentation

•Text

•Audio

• Images

•Animations

• Interactive games

Skills

•Listening

•Reading

•Writing

•Comprehension

•Speaking (basic)

*Instructional Design

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Digital Multimedia Learning tool for children for Sandhis

Concepts

• Basic concepts of letters and pratyaharas

• Sandhikaaryas

• Sandhivibhaaga

• Rules of Sandhis

• Examples

Presentation

• Text

• Audio

• Animations

• Interactive exercises

• Innovative games

• Charts

Skills

• Understanding the basis of sandhis

• Understanding Sandhi rules

• Applying rules to join and split sandhis

• Applying sandhis in actual writing

*Sanskrit and Technology is very vast subject.

* Need for Sanskrit Teachers, Scholars, technologists to think out of the box

and participate in this Knowledge Revolution

*Research papers are to be presented which shall highlight the importance

of the subject and which shall speak in detail about certain aspects

*Though Sanskrit is Nitya bhaasha – We have to strive to bring it to the

forefront.

*WHY NOT USE TECHNOLOGY TO REVIVE ?

*TECHNOLOGY WITH TRADITION = IMMENSE BENEFITS FOR MANKIND

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