Aesthetics of Sanskrit Poetry from the Perspective of Computational
  Linguistics: A Case Study Analysis on Siksastaka
Jivnesh Sandhan Amruta Barbadikar Malay Maity Pavankumar Satuluri Tushar Sandhan Ravi M. Gupta Pawan Goyal Laxmidhar Behera
Sanskrit poetry has played a significant role in shaping the literary and
cultural landscape of the Indian subcontinent for centuries. However, not much
attention has been devoted to uncovering the hidden beauty of Sanskrit poetry
in computational linguistics. This article explores the intersection of
Sanskrit poetry and computational linguistics by proposing a roadmap of an
interpretable framework to analyze and classify the qualities and
characteristics of fine Sanskrit poetry. We discuss the rich tradition of
Sanskrit poetry and the significance of computational linguistics in
automatically identifying the characteristics of fine poetry. The proposed
framework involves a human-in-the-loop approach that combines deterministic
aspects delegated to machines and deep semantics left to human experts. We
provide a deep analysis of Siksastaka, a Sanskrit poem, from the perspective of
6 prominent kavyashastra schools, to illustrate the proposed framework.
Additionally, we provide compound, dependency, anvaya (prose order linearised
form), meter, rasa (mood), alankar (figure of speech), and riti (writing style)
annotations for Siksastaka and a web application to illustrate the poem's
analysis and annotations. Our key contributions include the proposed framework,
the analysis of Siksastaka, the annotations and the web application for future
research. Link for interactive analysis:
https://sanskritshala.github.io/shikshastakam/