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Contributions to Combinatorics from Indian Classics
Paduka Sahasra (1300 A.D.)
- The Haravijaya of Ratnakara
Haravijaya (about 800 A.D.)
(excerpt from Haravijaya)
- Modern English Chitrakavya by Prof. Donald Knuth
(2005)-Similar to Paduka Sahasra
Recitation By Prof. Donald Knuth
Poem 1 (Right click & Save as target)
| One |
two |
three |
four |
See |
each |
word |
here |
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One |
knight |
jumps |
like |
three |
rook |
wise |
steps |
| Jumps |
so |
wise |
now |
find |
their |
place |
passed |
Past |
sore |
too |
mean |
so |
just |
for |
free |
| Terns |
can't |
soar |
like |
flies |
the |
free |
rook |
Hops |
here |
turns |
there |
flies |
each |
goose |
now |
| Goose |
steps |
just |
won't |
mean |
knight |
hops |
last |
Can't |
place |
last |
word? |
Won't |
find |
the |
sea |
Sequential Tour |
Knight Tour |
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Follow: One-blue,too-green,three...(Figure it out) |
- Modern English Chitrakavya by Prof. Donald Knuth
(2005)-Similar to Harivijaya
Poem 2 (Right click & Save as target)
| Have |
some |
fun |
Watch |
this |
or |
that |
word |
|
One |
two |
three |
four |
watch |
each |
word |
here |
| great |
four |
lines |
take |
out |
each |
gives |
eight |
or |
take |
some |
left |
steps |
and |
move |
eight |
| Left |
than |
two |
black |
and |
just |
here |
white |
just |
right |
gives |
this |
black |
rook |
great |
fun |
| three |
rook |
steps |
make |
one |
knight |
move |
right |
than |
have |
lines |
make |
out |
that |
white |
knight |
| Knight Tour |
Sequential Tour |
(Figure out the Hamiltonian circuit) |
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- Modern Sanskrit Chitrakavyas (around 1800-1900):
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