A grammatical problem which has defeated #Sanskrit scholars since the 5thC BC finally solved by an Indian #PhD student at the University of #Cambridge.
Rishi Rajpopat (St John's College) made the breakthrough by decoding a rule taught by “the father of #linguistics” #Pāṇini.
The discovery makes it possible to 'derive' any Sanskrit word – to construct millions of grammatically correct words including ‘mantra’ and ‘guru’ – using Pāṇini’s revered ‘#language machine’ https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/solving-grammars-greatest-puzzle

