| SrI: Dear Sri Prasanna: Thanks very much for updating us on the 
research investigations of Professor Don Knuth of Stanford  regarding 
Swamy Desikan's  Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram (Chithra 
Paddhathi).  It is wonderful to read about the discovery of the 
Sarva Tantra Svatantrar's multi-faceted genius by leading Computer Scientists 
like Don Knuth . Inview of the potential of large 
interest in this news topic relating 
to Swamy Desikan , I have copied other list members . 
 The other Chithra Kavi is Thirumangai Mannan . 
The Prabhandham of ThiruvEzu KooRRirukkai is a Chithra 
Prabhandham with deep content on Sri VisishtAdhvaithic Doctrines 
 . Thanks again , V.Sadagopan  Hi, It is a source of great pride to us all that the 
work of Sri Vedanta Desikar (Paduka Sahasra), Rudrata (Kavya-Alankara), and 
Ratnakara (Haravijaya), Dandin (Kavyadarsha) has recently drawn accolades 
from one of the greatest computer scientists - Donald Knuth. "... amazing wordplay,  (Explain) Desikar's achievement in detail, so 
that many more people can appreciate the long and glorious history of 
combinatorics. ..." Knuth Jan 2005. Sri Vedanta Desikar, the great Srivaishnava 
philosopher, had around 1300 A.D., made a great contribution to 
Computer Science and Lingustics, by presenting the solution to the 
famous Knight's tour problem, in the Paduka Sahasra, singing the 
glories of Lord SitaRama's Sandals. Two succeeding sloka's in this work together 
yield the solution to the knight's tour problem. One sloka is written 
sequentially, and the other is read ALONG the path taken by the knight, yielding 
the tour. There are many similar examples of amazing word jugglery in the Paduka 
Sahasra. His work has sparked off interest in the 
"Chittra-Kavya's" of India, wherein even earlier contributions - 9th 
century - to the field have been very recently found, by Knuth (currently at 
Oxford), David Smith and others. Knuth has made his own "Chitra-Kavya's", in 
English. For more details please see the web page 
at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore: We are in the process of further researching these 
amazing contributions to computer science, and are contacting many in India and 
abroad. For this, we require all the information you can provide, 
especially about the origins of the "Chittra-Kavya's" in Sanskrit and other 
languages.  If you know of any similar slokas, and/or have access to 
authoritative texts/references, etc, please let us know by email. Regards Prasanna P.S. The Knight's tour problem is the problem of 
making a knight go to all squares of a chessboard, without visiting any square 
twice - a Hamilton journey. 
 
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