simple search, v1.1

[funderburkjim]

A new version of simple search is currently available under a 'test' url:

https://sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/simplet/

The previous version is also available, under https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/simple/

Would hope to have some users experiment with the new version before making the new version available under
https://sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/simple/

[funderburkjim]

The new version can be called with parameters DICT and KEY: https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/simplet/DICT/KEY.

But also admits optional additional parameters: /SIMPLE_INPUT/OUTPUT/ACCENT

The SIMPLE_INPUT parameter specifies the assumed spelling of KEY, and this value is visible in another menu.

When not specified in the URL, SIMPLE_INPUT defaults to 'default'. This assumes a phonetic type spelling, which
may be include IAST-type diacritics. This spelling is also not case-sensitive (i.e., all letters are lower-cased before searching).
You can enter KEY in Devanagari with the 'default' SIMPLE_INPUT.

When SIMPLE_INPUT is one of the other values (slp1, hk, itrans), then the spelling of KEY is assumed to use the peculiarities
of the chosen transcoding.

In addition to the SIMPLE_INPUT parameter, some additional enhancements have been made to better model spelling
variations in SKD and other dictionaries. I expect some additional tweaks will be discovered that can be handled within
the current model of simple_search.

[funderburkjim]

Working on bug exemplified by 'rupa'. Problem is that 'ru' has variants, but then the variants of 'u' are lost!

[funderburkjim]

Some problems from sanskrit-lexicon/COLOGNE#167

resolved

• vrisapha gives varṣapa AND vṛṣabha
• vacakah -> vācaka, vacaka
• rupa -> rupa rūpa arbha rūpā (former version, only rupa returned in mw)
• KRISNA -> kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇā (formerly no results)
  • KRISN -> kf kfzRa kfSa karza kfz kruS karSana kfS kfSana kfza (WEIRD -- not sure why all those others? )

STILL unresolved

• yoginaḥ : This is an inflected form. The current model tweaks a few inflected forms (nom. singular: am, aH)
  More common inflected forms could probably be recognized.
• gṛhastha is recognized, but not gṛhatsha
  • the difference is 'st' and 'ts'. This kind of spelling difference does not fit current search model. Currently hard to solve.
• hariṇyagarbha instead of hiraṇyagarbha --- Right, current model doesn't know how to handle this
• kūṭstha still no results - (whereas kūṭastha is found). --

[funderburkjim]

@gasyoun (or others) Please point out where some 'low-hanging fruit' improvements to simple search might be.

[funderburkjim]

transitions should be different for slp1 than default

• guru with INPUT_SIMPLE = default:
  • guru guRa guRin GuRa guRana gur guRI gurU gUr Gur GuR GUr guRi GuRi
• guru with INPUT_SIMPLE = slp1
  • guru guRa guRin GuRa guRana gur guRI gurU gUr Gur GuR GUr guRi GuRi

They are the same.
But, it probably would be reasonable, for slp1, not to use transitions like 'r R', 'g G', etc. Although these are reasonable
for default.
Agree?

[gasyoun]

If I had a grandpa still alive, wish it would be you - Jim the magician. The four resolved ones work perfect.

KRISN -> kf kfzRa kfSa karza kfz kruS karSana kfS kfSana kfza (WEIRD -- not sure why all those others? )

10 results: kṛ kṛṣṇa kṛśa karṣa kṛṣ kruś karśana kṛś kṛśana kṛṣa strange over generation indeed versus just KRISNA

More common inflected forms could probably be recognized.

Right, just a few more common ones.

the difference is 'st' and 'ts'. This kind of spelling difference does not fit current search model. Currently hard to solve.

Yes, and it's not critical. Good to have, because Sanskrit words live in strange ways, but not critical, as hard to solve.

'low-hanging fruit' improvements

1. I would add a few inflected forms, to cover Nominative forms:
   yoginaḥ
2. Koush for koṣa

for slp1, not to use transitions like 'r R', 'g G', etc. Although these are reasonable for default.

Agree.

[gasyoun]

@Andhrabharati & @funderburkjim
Tamilised Sanskrit word checklist (https://youtu.be/BW4qa0lBZX4). If I enter the:

1. tamilish version of Sanskrit anantha, I get ananta as planned (and cologne symlink to apidev #1).
2. tamilish version of Sanskrit samudhra, I get samudra as planned (and cologne symlink to apidev #1).
3. tamilish version of Sanskrit thara, I get tāra as planned (and cologne symlink to apidev #1).
4. tamilish version of Sanskrit poojana, I do not get pūjanā as planned. Even pooja does not work for pūjā
5. namaḥ has no possible verb listed (5 results: nāman nāma namana nama nāmana)
6. tamilish version of Sanskrit varahsini, I do not get vārāśini as planned. So ah can equal to ā
7. tamilish version of Sanskrit dourbhagya, I do not get daurbhāgya as planned. So ou can equal to au.
8. tamilish version of Sanskrit dhoorikrutha, I do not get dūrīkṛta as planned. We have almost all the replacements, other than the oo and ee (= ī) I guess.
9. tamilish version of Sanskrit vipathitha, I do not get vipattita as planned, but vipatita and vipāṭita. So t, but would want tt
10. tamilish version of Sanskrit natha, I do not get natā as planned.
    Instead that 6 results: nata nātha naṭa naṭana naṭā nāṭa where natá is the closest, but does not contain natā.
11. tamilish version of Sanskrit kadachid, I do not get kadācid as planned, because it's not a base in any of the dictionaries.
    Compare:
    kaccid:BEN;2788,CAE;6847,CCS;4222,MD;5341,MW72;13322,MW;41751,PW;23308,PWG;14284,STC;7514
kiMcid:MW;50367,PW;27806,PWG;70717,SCH;10618

[Andhrabharati]

@gasyoun
Are you trying for some sort of AI (artificial Intelligence, with self-learning/building patterns!) in the search process?

Coming to the subject matter of Tamilish Sanksrit, this is kind of a better style, I should say. I have seen far worst texts, even more unimaginable than the spellings of original DLI titles (now I see that various language-wise teams are working on cleaning those titles).

And finally, why am I addressed in this?!!

[gasyoun]

Are you trying for some sort of AI (artificial Intelligence, with self-learning/building patterns!) in the search process?

non-AI, rule based.

Coming to the subject matter of Tamilish Sanksrit, this is kind of a better style, I should say.

Oh, ok.

I have seen far worst text

Can you show me a sample?

even more unimaginable than the spellings of original DLI titles

Let's document the worst ones?

And finally, why am I addressed in this?!!

You might have some samples I have missed above.

[Andhrabharati]

11. tamilish version of Sanskrit `kadachid`, I do not get `kadācid` as planned, because it's not a base in any of the dictionaries.
    Compare:
    `kaccid:BEN;2788,CAE;6847,CCS;4222,MD;5341,MW72;13322,MW;41751,PW;23308,PWG;14284,STC;7514`
    `kiMcid:MW;50367,PW;27806,PWG;70717,SCH;10618`

The reason for not finding kadācid is- its not a single word by grammatical rules (though in print, many books club the two words "कदा चित्" together) -

Look at this in MW, for example-

कदा चित्, at some time or other, sometimes, once [ID=42894.45]

So are the words like "कदा चन"-

न कदा चन, never at any time, RV. ; AV. &c. [ID=42894.4]

[gasyoun]

kadācid is- its not a single word by grammatical rules

I do know that. But many people still look for it as a single word. I would want to have it as an entry point.

[Andhrabharati]

Only way for this is to ignore the spaces in the "texts" to get such entries (and that was the way the manuscripts texts were, before the punctuation system [space, quote marks, exclamation & question marks, comma, ... ... ...] got introduced in Indian texts).

[gasyoun]

and that was the way the manuscripts texts were, before the punctuation system

No only Indian, same was in Latin until Middle ages.