President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that many scholars regarded Sanskrit as the most suited language for writing algorithms, machine-learning and artificial intelligence.

Speaking at the 17th convocation of the Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, he said texts of mathematicians and scientists like Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Bhaskar, Charaka and Sushruta were also composed in Sanskrit.

“It is not as if only philosophy, religion, rituals and literature are found in Sanskrit. Valuable texts of mathematicians and scientists like Aryabhatt, Varahimihira, Bhaskar, Charaka and Sushruta were also composed in Sanskrit. The world is discussing Yoga Shastra and Ayurveda is also becoming more popular. All this knowledge is primarily available in Sanskrit.

“Panini’s grammar is considered very organised and systematic. Many scholars accept that as it is based on systematic and logical rules of grammar, Sanskrit is most suitable for writing algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence," Mr. Kovind said.