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Error correcting code-like
chanting procedures in ancient India.
by R. L. Kashyap and M. R.
Bell
The integrity of the oral version of the Rig Veda Samhita, the
ancient sacred book of the Hindus, dated at least earlier to 2000
BCE, has been preserved by the use of special chanting procedures
called vikratis which resemble
the modern error correcting codes developed in the last fifty
years for error free transmission of messages or strings of
symbols over electronic media. This book has more than ten
thousand verses in a variety of metres.
We consider here one particular error correcting code-like
chanting called as Krama-maala
Vikrati and show its connection to the modern Linear Block
Code developed on the basis of advanced mathematical concepts.
We also mention the other error detecting procedures (not
correcting) for Rig Veda Samhita based on the use of binary
numbers dated 200 BCE or earlier. |
