BEYOND A DEAD LANGUAGE

THE SANSKRIT

BEYOND A DEAD LANGUAGE

THE SANSKRIT

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THE SANSKRIT

INTRODUCTIN

This e book is a tribute to Sanskrit language. Many

benefits of this language have been written in this book.
Sanskrit has given us many things, which have been
described. Different challenges which are being faced by
this language in today’s era are also described in this
book.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
1......................................................................................................................................................................
HOLD MY
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FINGER ...........................................................................................................................................................
CHAPTER
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2......................................................................................................................................................................
LET’S WALK
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TOGETHER .....................................................................................................................................................
CHAPTER
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3......................................................................................................................................................................
REALITIES AND MYTHS ABOUT
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SANSKRIT .....................................................................................................................11

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CHAPTER 1
HOLD MY FINGER

Has any body read the above written alphabets in his or her life time?
YES, those who have read or learnt the HINDI or SANSKRIT language must have
read these alphabets which are written in devnagari script.
But very few people know that these alphabets are not just alphabets and they
serve
more than that of alphabets.Not many people know that these alphabets have
distinct
way of pronunciation, not the same way in which today most of the schools are
being
teaching the pronunciation of these to the kids in their schools.
Below is a video which is showing the method of pronouncing these alphabets
through the use of Maheshwari sutra(formula),compiled by Panini.

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We the students, were supposed to learn the places of origin of different alphabets in
our mouth,throat and nose.
Then after learning we had to write in our exams.
But during Vedic times, these alphabets in the form of Sanskrit hymns,may had
been actually practiced for producing the sounds from various parts of the mouth,
throat and nose.
If the hymens were written in the form of manuscripts scriptures, then the essential
purpose of evolving the sounds from our mouth,nose and throat may had lost.
There are many teachers of HINDI and SANSKRIT in U.P and various parts of India
who pronounce the alphabets of Hindi and Sanskrit in a distinct way,according to the
point of origin of the sounding alphabet.
Now,if you apply on yourself, this formula of pronouncing the different alphabets
of Hindi and Sanskrit according to their points of origion in your mouth,nose and
throat then you will come to know that how beneficial it is to speak the words
according to the places of alphabets.
FOR EXAMPLE, the place of sounding of A,E,I,O,U(VOWELS) is from the throat.
So,if you try to speak these alphabets from your throat by inhaling the air inside your
lungs and then lifting your diaphragm upward before you speak,then you will
If you remember,then
definitely feel about the you may come
confidence to know
when you that
speak. we all had studied a few lines
about
When this technique is applied from childhood, then it results in to a well confident
the story of after
personality VEDAS,which
practicing was
for written
few years.in the N.C.E.R.T books of history of sixth
standard.
Beside this, most of the ancient religions apart from Hinduism,like Jainism,Bhudhism
Not enough
etc. are heavilywasinfluenced
written about it, but
by this there was a description about the composition of
language.
the vedas,the
Scriptures typesofofthe
of most vedas and their
mentioned time ofare
religions origion.
written in Sanskrit language only.
We came
But to know
this doesn't that the
means thatVEDAS are one
the sanskrit is of
thethe oldest books
language of the religions
of different world, written
only. in
SANSKRIT
Great works language.
in the field of science,mathematics,astrology and astronomy have been
Out ofonly
done fourintypes of Vedas,the
Sanskrit languageRIG VEDA was
in ancient the oldest one which was composed
India.
3500 years ago.
Sushrut,maha rishi Charak, Patanjali,Aryabhatt, Chanakya,Panini etc who were
Now oneand
pioneer of the mostinASTONISHING
master their fields ofTHING
humanabout the RIG VEDAmedicines,
surgery,Ayurvedic which we read
was that,the HYMNS
mathematics, of RIG
sciences, VEDA was
grammar etc. RECITED AND HEARD
have compiled ratherinthan
their works Sanskrit language.
READ.
This is not the end point of this language.
The RIG
Vast VEDA was
literature written
written down
in this after several
language centuries,when
is considered as a greatit wealth.The
was composed.
literature
Thus this was a little information was given about the VEDAS.
in
But I think
Sanskrit THE HISTORIANS
language covers most HAD FORGOT
sought out TO WRITE
epics ABOUT THEand
like Ramayana
BENEFITS OF RECITING
Mahabharata.Beside thisAND HEARING
it covers every OFaspect
THE HYMENS RATHER
of life and THAN
nature.
READ. can understand the vastness of the Sanskrit literature by knowing the fact
Anyone
Were the people of Vedic times, who composed these hymens were not aware about
that
any word
the form "elephant"
of writing skills or thethan
has more scripts
oneorhundred
were there some other
meanings reasons?
in Sanskrit language.
Have you ever studied the subjects of HINDI or SANSKRIT during your school days?
If you had studied then you may have come to know that in the grammar books of
these subjects, it was told that where are the origin points of different alphabets
of HINDI and SANSKRIT in our mouth and throat.
Sounds of some alphabets come from throat,some of the alphabets are sounded only
through the nose,some alphabets are spoken with the help of lips,some alphabets are
spoken from the tongue etc.

Sanskrit has become a matter of research in many western countries.The interest of

people of these countries in Sanskrit is increasing day by day due to various
benefits
associated with this language.
Many benefits of Sanskrit has been discussed in my next post"Let's walk together".

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Please refer to the next blog for more mind blowing facts about Sanskrit
language.
So it is the high time to hold the finger of Sanskrit and lets try to walk with it.

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reciting.
But what about the adults or who don't have the habbit of enjoying rhymes and
CHAPTER
poems? 2
I may tellWALK
LET’S you thatTOGETHER
if you enjoy mathematics and you love ALGEBRA, even then you
can develop
an interest in learning me.
There are various sutras(formulae), just like the formulae of Algebra which have been
used
In thefor makingpost,
previous new HOLD
wordsMY
for FINGER,
me. it has been told to hold the finger of
SANSKRIT.
YES, EXACTLY! I am that very SANSKRIT.
I may hope, that you would be ready for holding my finger now.
WHAT?? STORY OF MY BIRTH
Are you still afraid?
It is said that during 2nd century B.C. I was born within the Indo-European races of
But why? minor and in the north-western part of ancient INDIA.
Iran,Asia
For long words? still
But genetically, And itfor
is meanings?
not confirmed that ,actaually who these people were?
O.k.
It is just an imagination, thatofI am
it means you are afraid longer words.to be a child of Indo- European group of
assumed
You also don't know the
people who were called ARYANS. meanings of Sanskrit words.
First of all see the
The languages video people
of these below, are
andknown
then after that
as the I will
root discuss of
language about
Indiamyself.
and Iran.
The RIG VEDA is the oldest ancient evidence among these languages which supports
my (sanskrit)
presence at that time.
From the time of my birth up till today, many more languages were born,
developed,changed their forms and many of them ultimately perished.
But I have never changed my shape and form since from my birth.
I am the same Sanskrit which existed thousands of years ago.
There is only one difference.The difference is that during the times of VEDAS, there
existed VEDIC SANSKRIT, which was the language of the vedas.
Many languages were born after hundreds and thousands years of my birth.
Many of them did not exist for longer and got extinct.
Many have changed their shapes.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE is one of the best examples.This language is just like my
child because it was born merely 700 to 800 years ago.
The shape and form of this language has been changed so much that todays English
is
very much different from the English, which was spoken at the time of Shakespeare.
But I am very much the same Sanskrit, that existed thousands of years ago.

In this video,the child is trying to explain

WHERE I STANDsome
TODAY of the benefits of mine (the Sanskrit
language).
But in todays
At the same time,time she
my is
influence has learning
telling that been decreased.
Sanskrit is not very difficult.
Some times it feels very nice to
The reason told by her for easiness, is me, when
thatIwhile
see many people
during andthe
learning organisations
shloks of
are
Sanskrit, the rhyming
trying
and the tomelodious
revive my words
presence in different
of Sanskrit parts
shloks areofvery
the helpful
world. and full and excitement.
But some times I feel very bad,when I see many
Now as a child it may be easy to learn the Sanskrit shloks people having developed
because childrenalike
sense
racial hatred towards
rhyming words while me in my own country.

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Where as, many EUROPEON countries such as Germany,Ireland etc, having

understood my importance are once again holding my finger and they are trying to
walk with me.
Many universities and schools in these countries are imparting the knowledge of
Sanskrit.
Even U.S.A is also not lagging behind for reaping the benefits from me.
As many would be knowing that the ALGORITHMS used in computers for
computing is not in English but it in Sanskrit.
U.S. is making its super computer which is based on Sanskrit.
NASA is also doing research on the ancient Sanskrit manuscripts which were written
thousands of years ago.

MY POSITION IN INDIA
There appears a disappointment on my face when I see myself and my position in
India.
Various state governments in India have adopted a policy of hatred towards me.
Many leaders are engaged in propagating that the progress of Sanskrit would stop
the
growth of their very own state language.
These leaders don't know that most of the Indian languages are born from me and it
is
not possible that any mother can be jealous of her child.
Can any mother stop the growth and progress of her child?
Are Germans and Americans fools, who are engaging their selves with me(Sanskrit),
so as to one day I could dominate their language and culture?
No, they are not the fool ones but they are very intelligent people and they have
come
to know about the benefits of walking with me .

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But it has been said only to depict the qualities of a true Brahmin.For example, in
Brahminism, the eligibility or position of a person in the society is decided by the
birth of a person whereas in Buddhist subject it was tried that the place of birth must
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be taken by the 3 qualities of a person.
REALITIES ANDconfirms
Buddhist text books MYTHS ABOUT
this principle SANSKRIT
of Brahmins that the duty of imparting the
education to common man was done by the Brahmins, that too in Sanskrit
language.The people of all varnas or groups like vaishyas and kshatriyas took
education from Brahmin teachers.Sanskrit was a language not only for grammar but
it
was also a language of science,astronomy and mathematics.From the evidences it is
clear
There that the Brahmins
are many grammarcontinuosly used Sanskrit
books on sanskrit asvarious
written by medium byfor teaching
various sagesand
and
religious purposes.
authors.The
Some thinkers
different have
books of a viewhave
grammar that included
Sanskrit alternative,different
was not a languageand of daily use practices
irregular among the of
Brahmins. Nor at the time of Panini not even before that.But this point does not has
words
and
any carried
supportthese words up to a long way.But these grammar books did not allow any new
or evidence.
words
Panini has used a word "Bhasha"(language) for "Sanskrit".Naturally he means a
to be spread.In
language thisuse.
of daily way they gave birth to a new language called Sanskrit,which was
regulated
Beside this Panini has made such rules,that will become meaningless if they are not
through
implied tovarious rules and
the words was use
of daily veryinpure as this language had no place for new words
a language.
except for
Patanjali,another great Sanskrit grammarian has remarked that the aim of the
the grammatical words from its own grammar.
grammar
The word Sanskrit has been described in the great Epic known as Ramayana.
is not only to construct new words but its main purpose is to tell how to use the words
The great grammarian, Panini has descibed the rules and regulations of sanskrit grammar in
in a more efficient and pure way.
his
People in this world can express their views about a particular subject with proper
book known as Ashtadhyai.This book was most probably written in 4th century B.C.
words without
The impact of hisseeing
work any grammar.
can be seen in various word conjunctions.
Some writers say that the Sanskrit language is an artificial language not a natural
language
and this language was developed by brahmins with the help of the vedic language.
According to these writers, with the help of the vedic language,the brahmins modified their
prakrit(natural) language in to a beautiful language known as Sanskrit.
They did like this in the response of a beautiful literature written by the Buddhists in Pali
In reality,during initial vedic literature and upnishads composition,there was a
language.
continuos
But we must development of vedic
not give so much language.This
importance is also clear that
to the grammatical the language
importance of
of Sanskrit
language
Panini's grammar is not very different from the languages of brahmins and ancient
and also we should not take Sanskrit as an artificial language as stated above.
upnishads.
So,actually it is very clear that sanskrit does not show any sign, on the basis of
which
it can be said as an artificial language.
It is clear from above that the grammatical Sanskrit is mainly a more refined part of
vedic language.
The English language which is spoken and written in Britain in today's era is full of
complexities and plurality both whereas in India casteism, hereditory pride and
regionalism played a significant role in making language complexities more deep.
It is also clear that Sanskrit was a more civilized language for Brahmins.
Yet the Brahmin religion was growing day by day but from the 5th century B.C
onward Brahmins faced a fierce competition from the new religions,especially
Buddhism and Jainism.What ever has been said about Buddhism, it is realized that it
has not been said to oppose the principles of the religion of Brahmins.

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