Ramayana and mahabharatha
Sanskrit has a genre of poetry called ‘anulom-vilom kaavya’, literally ‘fore/like and opposite poetry’ alluding to the existence of more than one such work. These are no palindromes (not that the language lacks them either) – they read differently in differing directions. Not only a phrase, not only a single sentence, but 30 entire verses. There is a language which has an entire booklet all of whose verses individually each read meaningfully, to and fro. Notice how, some generous creative liberties need to availed - the poetic license has been exploited to the fullest and grammar has been pushed. An example of a word-by-word palindrome is Now, palindromes can be word by word, syllable by syllable or character by character. "Madam, I'm Adam", is also cited as an instance. "Able was I, ere I saw Elba", is a quote attributed to Napoleon, as an example of a Palindrome sentence, with 'ere' being an obviously obscure usage, as pertains to contemporary English. This is not a weakness, but rather a consistent, organised scientific phonetic basis that makes Sanskrit grammar systematic, rational and natural.
#Ramayana and mahabharatha full#
Hence, when seeing palindromes, we read one whole sound at a time, thus sanyuktaksharas (half letters attached to a full letter) are also read in their usual, normal order. However, in Sanskrit, as a rule, vowels have no independent existence of their own. Now, a palindrome is something that reads the same back and forth, as "Malayalam", or "Madam". to have ridden of tartarates (a chemical class/species), is a past participle of Detartarate, and currently the holder of the distinction of being "the longest palindrome" in the English language. Try to frame a meaningful English sentence that also makes sense when read in reverse, characterwise. Lever, Desserts, Warts, Snaps, Stops, Parts, Peels, Regal, Sports, Lived, Reviled, Spoons, Knits, and Trams, are one of the few English words, comprising more than 4 characters, that are meaningful when spelt backwards – an overwhelming majority of them plurals.