Sanskrit to be declared a dead language

[renuka]

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But I think your anger is more due to the fact that you are misinterpreting the term "dead language" . A dead language is merely one that is not naturally used as a primary, everyday method of communication within a significant population (and artificial attempts to set this up don't count).

The term doesn't have anything to do with whether the language has child languages that exist today (sanskrit does) or whether its vocabulary has been heavily borrowed into others (it has).

So by no means is Sanskrit an extinct language....but technically....yes, it is a "dead" language, just going by definitions.

But you know..you are also misinterpreting my anger and wanting to shoot Quick Gun Murugan Style.

Ok here goes: If anyone tells me Sanskrit is "A dead language is merely one that is not naturally used as a primary, everyday method of communication within a significant population (and artificial attempts to set this up don't count).
The term doesn't have anything to do with whether the language has child languages that exist today (sanskrit does) or whether its vocabulary has been heavily borrowed into others (it has).

So by no means is Sanskrit an extinct language....but technically....yes, it is a "dead" language, just going by definitions."


I will tell them "I am NOT angry but I will still shoot you cos you see no one technically dies cos the Atma never dies..in other words..One is never EXTINCT but just that the body is DEAD.

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः .
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः २.२३

nainam chindanti shastrani nainam dahati pavakah
na cainam kledayantyapo na sosayati marutah 2.23

न - not, एनम् - this(self), छिन्दन्ति - cleave, शस्त्राणि - weapons, न - not, एनम् - this(self), दहति - burns, पावकः - fire, न - not, च - and, एनम् - this(self), क्लेदयन्ति - wet, आपः - waters, न - not, शोषयति - dries, मारुतः - wind

Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water moistens It not, wind dries It not.

So you see..by saying that Sanskrit is DEAD becos it is not in use as 1st line language is like killing a person and telling him "You are actually NOT EXTINCT..it is just that your body is NOT in use anymore hence TECHNICALLY DEAD!LOL

Please take it in a light hearted manner.
This post is just meant as a joke and not to justify the act of killing.

 

[sarang]

A dead person is totally dead and cannot be revived.
A person in coma, is kept alive by external efforts as he/she cannot survive with own efforts.
A sick or unwell person was hale and healthy in the past and has fallen ill because of a variety of reasons - old age, change in environment, change in living practices, lack of facilities to cure, sheer neglect.

Samskrita is innately strong, and suffers due to neglect, lack of resources (facilities). Everyone has respect for the language; what is needed is a change in mind set and a little application of mind and effort.

 

[manoharkumar]

Because they want to know how to extract brahmasthram from it...LOL

No Laughing ,matter Ms.Amirtha, as our ancient scholars did write down the details of atomic bombs and brahmastram could have been and atomic weapon. refer the following:



FOUNDER OF ATOMIC THEORY- ACHARYA KANAD- 600 -BCEAs the founder of "Vaisheshik Darshan"- one of six principal philosophies of India - Acharya Kanad was a genius in philosophy. He is believed to have been born in Prabhas Kshetra near Dwarika in Gujarat. He was the pioneer expounder of realism, law of causation and the atomic theory. He has classified all the objects of creation into nine elements, namely: earth, water, light, wind, ether, time, space, mind and soul. He says, "Every object of creation is made of atoms which in turn connect with each other to form molecules."

His statement ushered in the Atomic Theory for the first time ever in the world, nearly 2500 years before John Dalton. Kanad has also described the dimension and motion of atoms and their chemical reactions with each other. The eminent historian, T.N. Colebrook, has said, "Compared to the scientists of Europe, Kanad and other Indian scientists were the global masters of this field."

 

[Amirtha]

Sanskrit is very elegant language. I immensely enjoyed when my father taught me few words, spoke to in Sanskrit and explained what he was talking about. But I dont remember any of it now. It is pity that it didnt take of when brutish left.

Kind Regards
Amirtha

 

[Amirtha]

No Laughing ,matter Ms.Amirtha, as our ancient scholars did write down the details of atomic bombs and brahmastram could have been and atomic weapon. refer the following:



FOUNDER OF ATOMIC THEORY- ACHARYA KANAD- 600 -BCEAs the founder of "Vaisheshik Darshan"- one of six principal philosophies of India - Acharya Kanad was a genius in philosophy. He is believed to have been born in Prabhas Kshetra near Dwarika in Gujarat. He was the pioneer expounder of realism, law of causation and the atomic theory. He has classified all the objects of creation into nine elements, namely: earth, water, light, wind, ether, time, space, mind and soul. He says, "Every object of creation is made of atoms which in turn connect with each other to form molecules."

His statement ushered in the Atomic Theory for the first time ever in the world, nearly 2500 years before John Dalton. Kanad has also described the dimension and motion of atoms and their chemical reactions with each other. The eminent historian, T.N. Colebrook, has said, "Compared to the scientists of Europe, Kanad and other Indian scientists were the global masters of this field."

Shri Manoharkumar

I am laughing (sad) because of ignorance of Indians, waiting for foreigners to interpret and tell us what our ancestors know. ( I am not saying that we should make atom bomb). Instead of grow together, we try to smash each other arguing who is better. I am talking about classification among ourselves etc.etc.. ( I hope you got my point). Still happening in India and even amoung oversead Indians. I dont really want to talk about all these, because this forum already got full of it. I think it is time for us move forward. We are still good. We are survivors. Otherwise we wont have the population of 1.2 billion LOL...

Kind Regards
Amirtha

 

[ozone]

I havent come across anyone yet who has said Sanskrit isnt a good language or one who has shown a dislike to it.
Most find it difficult because of the difficulty in accessing it.

 

[renuka]

I havent come across anyone yet who has said Sanskrit isnt a good language or one who has shown a dislike to it.
Most find it difficult because of the difficulty in accessing it.

I have seen many people who totally dislike Sanskrit.
You know during the anthayesti prayer for my late MIL .. a family friend of hers came late for it and asked me "Has the priest left?"

I said "yes"
and she was "good..I came late on purpose cos I do not like to hear all Sanskrit verses..what's the use hearing a language we do not understand and I dislike it too"

She was a disabled person so I kept quiet otherwise I would have told her "Better get used hearing it cos when you die you can't come late for your funeral!LOL

I have also seen another person who wanted only Tamil mantras recited for his daughters wedding.
So he got a priest who translated all the mantras!

Then we also used to have problems with a certain Tamil community who reside outside of Tamil Nadu in an island below during bhajans.
They even refuse to recite Sanskrit Suprabhatam and only wanted Tamil Suprabhatam.

You don't know Malaysia..lots of people can be quite Sanskrit unfriendly.

I have even seen Northern Indian Brahmins out here who refuse to sing Sanskrit Bhajans.

 

[prasanth1]

Then we also used to have problems with a certain Tamil community who reside outside of Tamil Nadu in an island below during bhajans.
They even refuse to recite Sanskrit Suprabhatam and only wanted Tamil Suprabhatam.

Where I live, the "certain Tamil community who reside outside of Tamil Nadu in an island below" have absolutely no problem with Sanskrit and all religious ceremonies are conducted with it, despite owning all the temples.

I have even seen Northern Indian Brahmins out here who refuse to sing Sanskrit Bhajans.

I'm not too surprised people singing bhajans would prefer to use languages they actually know the meaning of....

 

[amala]

Where I live as well this Tamil community owns almost all the temples bar two (even in those two they probably are part of the temple committee) and they don't really have a problem with Sanskrit.

I do feel its understandable that they would want prayers to be recited in Tamil, which they can understand. In their temples, generally they do a mixture of both sing bhajans (devarams) in Tamil. While I empathise with their cause, I myself prefer it in Sanskrit (just a silly reason of nostalgia, really!) and so I prefer going to the South Indian temple, where things are more familiar.

 

[amala]

I'm still amazed how this Tamil community which we are speaking of places great importance in Carnatic music and parents make sure all their children go for Carnatic music classes from young here. At least with Indian non Brahmin Tamilians, this is rare as far as I know.

 

[SANDHYAV]

I am trying to compare Latin (from which some of english has come) explosion with Sanskrit (from which some of indian and iranian have come ). considering geography i think sanskrit is smaller ofcourse if you take population study then it might win a gold and may be in another 2 generations will be workable world wide!!
I should have put latin inside the bracket and english outside and a similar one with sanskrit LOL!

 

[prasanth1]

I'm still amazed how this Tamil community which we are speaking of places great importance in Carnatic music and parents make sure all their children go for Carnatic music classes from young here. At least with Indian non Brahmin Tamilians, this is rare as far as I know.

Agreed completely! This "unnamed community" we speak of has done an excellent job in the country I am currently studying in (a similarly unnamed country north of America) of treating Carnatic music as an important and valuable aspect of their culture. They are also very hospitable to TB musicians in my experience.

 

[sarang]

There was an article, by a nonbrahmin, how, when the the communities practising music, dance etc. broke up and left the profession, brahmins stepped in, learnt (especially dancing) and rejuvenated the art form.

 

[manoharkumar]

Dear Friends , Am posting a rather very big message recently read by me. Please patiently go thru the entrie note and then decide for yourself whether samskrit is dead or alive and kicking. Post is big and is in two or more parts. Cheers

Why does my child do Sanskrit?
by Rutger Kortenhorst
Rutger Kortenhorst, a Sanskrit teacher in John Scottus School in Dublin, speaks on the value of teaching Sanskrit to children, based on his own experience with the language.Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, we are going to spend an hour together looking at the topic ‘Why does my child do Sanskrit in John Scottus?’ My bet is that at the end of the hour you will all have come to the conclusion that your children are indeed fortunate that this extraordinary subject is part of their curriculum.Firstly, let us look at Why Sanskrit for my child? We are the only school in Ireland doing this language, so this will need some explaining. There are another 8 JSS-type schools around the world that have made the same decision to include Sanskrit in their curriculum (they are all off-shoots from the School of Philosophy).Secondly, how is Sanskrit taught? You may have noticed your son or daughter singing Sanskrit grammar songs in the back of the car just for the fun of it on the way home from school. I’ll spend some time telling you HOW we approach teaching Sanskrit now since my year in India.Why Sanskrit?But first of all: why Sanskrit? To answer that we need to look at the qualities of Sanskrit. Sanskrit stands out above all other languages for its beauty of sound, precision in pronunciation and reliability as well as thoroughness in every aspect of its structure. This is why it has never fundamentally changed unlike all other languages. It has had no need to change being the most perfect language of Mankind.If we consider Shakespeare’s English, we realize how different and therefore difficult for us his English language was although it is just English from less than 500 years ago. We struggle with the meaning of Shakespeare’s English or that of the King James Bible. Go back a bit further and we don’t have a clue about the English from the time of Chaucer’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ from around 700 AD. We cannot even call this English anymore and now rightly call it Anglo-Saxon. So English hadn’t even been born! All languages keep changing beyond recognition. They change because they are defective. The changes are in fact corruptions. They are born and die after seven or eight hundred years –about the lifetime of a Giant Redwood Tree- because after so much corruption they have no life left in them. Surprisingly there is one language in the world that does not have this short lifespan. Sanskrit is the only exception. It is a never-dying constant. The reason for the constancy in Sanskrit is that it is completely structured and thought out. There is not a word that has been left out in its grammar or etymology, which means every word can be traced back to where it came from originally. This does not mean there is no room for new words either. Just as in English we use older concepts from Greek and Latin to express modern inventions like a television: ‘tele [far] – vision [seeing]’ or ‘compute –er’. Sanskrit in fact specializes in making up compound words from smaller words and parts. The word ‘Sams – krita’ itself means ‘completely – made’.So what advantages are there to a fundamentally unchanging language? What is advantageous about an unchanging friend, say? Are they reliable? What happens if you look at a text in Sanskrit from thousands of years ago?( contd- part 2)

 

[manoharkumar]

PART II

The exceptional features of Sanskrit have been recognised for a few centuries all over the world, so you will find universities from many countries having a Sanskrit faculty. Whether you go to Hawai, Cambridge or Harvard and even Trinity College Dublin has a seat for Sanskrit –although it is vacant at present. May be one of your children will in time fill this position again?Although India has been its custodian, Sanskrit has had universal appeal for centuries. The wisdom carried by this language appeals to the West as we can see from Yoga and Ayurvedic Medicine as well as meditation techniques, and practical philosophies like Buddhism and most of what we use in the School of Philosophy. It supports, expands and enlightens rather than conflicts withlocal traditions and religions.The precision of Sanskrit stems from the unparalleled detail on how the actual sounds of the alphabet are structured and defined. The sounds have a particular place in the mouth, nose and throat that can be defined and will never change. This is why in Sanskrit the letters are called the ‘Indestructibles’ [aksharáni]. Sanskrit is the only language that has consciously laid out its sounds from first principles. So the five mouth-positions for all Indestructibles [letters] are defined and with a few clearly described mental and physical efforts all are systematically planned: [point out chart]After this description, what structure can we find in a, b, c, d, e, f , g…? There isn’t any, except perhaps that it starts with ‘a’, and goes downhill from there.Then there is the sheer beauty of the Sanskrit script as we learn it today. [Some examples on the board]You may well say: ‘Fine, but so why should my son or daughter have yet another subject and another script to learn in their already busy school-day?’ In what way will he or she benefit from the study of Sanskrit in 2010 in the Western world?The qualities of Sanskrit will become the qualities of your child- that is the mind and heart of your child will become beautiful, precise and reliable.Sanskrit automatically teaches your child and anybody else studying it to pay FINE attention due to its uncanny precision. When the precision is there the experience is, that it feels uplifting. It makes you happy. It is not difficult even for a beginner to experience this. All you have to do is fine-tune your attention and like music you are drawn in and uplifted. This precision of attention serves all subjects, areas and activities of life both while in school and for the rest of life. This will give your child a competitive advantage over any other children. They will be able to attend more fully, easily and naturally. Thus in terms of relationships, work, sport– in fact all aspects of life, they will perform better and gain more satisfaction. Whatever you attend to fully, you excel in and you enjoy more.

 

[manoharkumar]

PART III-
By studying Sanskrit, other languages can be learnt more easily; this being the language all others borrow from fractionally. The Sanskrit grammar is reflected in part in Irish or Greek, Latin or English. They all have a part of the complete Sanskrit grammar. Some being more developed than others, but always only a part of the Sanskrit grammar, which is complete in itself.What Sanskrit teaches us that there is a language that is ordered, following laws unfailingly and as they are applied your child gets uplifted, not only when they grow up, but as they are saying it! This means they get an unusual but precise, definite and clear insight into language while they are enjoying themselves.They learn to speak well, starting from Sanskrit, the mother language of all languages. Those who speak well run the world. Barack Obama makes a difference because he can speak well. Mahatma Gandhi could move huge crowds with well-balanced words. Mother Theresa could express herself with simple words which uplift us even now. The language of the great Master Teachers of mankind from times past is all we have got after centuries and millennia, but they make all the difference. We can enter the remarkable mind of Plato through his words. If your daughter or son can express themselves well through conscious language they will be the leaders of the next generation.Sanskrit has the most comprehensive writings in the world expressed through the Vedas and the Gítá. The Upanishads –translated by William Butler Yeats have given people from all over the world an insight into universal religious feelings for more than one century now. To know these well expressed simple words of wisdom in the original is better than dealing with copies or translations as copies are always inferior to originals. We really need clear knowledge on universal religion in an age faced with remarkable levels of religious bigotry and terrorism arising from poorly understood and half-baked religious ideas.cont- part 4

 

[manoharkumar]

PART 4---
CultureVivekananda, a great spiritual leader from India revered by all in the World Religious Conference of 1880 said:You can put a mass of knowledge into the world, but that will not do it much good. There must come some culture into the blood. We all know in modern times of nations which have masses of knowledge, but what of them? They are like tigers; they are like savages, because culture is not there. Knowledge is only skin-deep, as civilization is, and a little scratch brings out the old savage. Such things happen; this is the danger. Teach the masses in the vernaculars, give them ideas; they will get information, but something more is necessary; give them culture.
Sanskrit can help your child to express universal, harmonious and simple truths better. As a result you will really have done your duty as a parent and the world will reap the benefits in a more humane, harmonious and united society. Sanskrit can do this as it is the only language that is based in knowledge all the way. Nothing is left to chance.Just think for the moment how confusing it is for a child to learn to say ‘rough’, but ‘dough’. And why does the ‘o’ in ‘woman’ sound like an ‘e’ in ‘women’? How come the ‘ci’ in ‘special’ is different from the ‘ci’ in ‘cinema’? Teachers may well say ‘Just learn it’ as there is no logical explanation, but it only demonstrates to a child that it is all a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. What else does this randomness in the fundamental building-blocks of language teach a child about the world? That it’s just a confusing, random chance-event? How can this give anyone any confidence?-- contd- part 5

 

[manoharkumar]

PART 5
Now go to a language where everything is following rules. Where nothing is left to chance from the humble origin of a letter to the most sophisticated philosophical idea. How will that child meet the world? Surely with confidence, clarity and the ability to express itself?I have seen myself and others growing in such qualities, because of our contact with Sanskrit. I have just spent a year in India. Though it felt a bit like camping in a tent for a year, it was well worth it. For many years, we taught Sanskrit like zealots i.e. with high levels of enthusiasm and low levels of understanding, to both adults in the School of Philosophy and children in John Scottus School. We did not perhaps inspire a lot of our students and may have put a number of them off the study of Sanskrit. It felt to me like we needed to go to the source. Sanskrit teachers worth their salt need to live with people whose daily means of communication is in Sanskrit. I had already spent three summers near Bangalore doing just that and becoming less of an amateur, but it really needed a more thorough study. So I moved into a traditional gurukulam for the year. This meant living on campus, eating lots of rice and putting up with a few power-cuts and water shortages, but by December 2009, I made up my mind that I would step down as vice-principal of the Senior School and dedicate myself to Sanskrit for the rest of my teaching life. It felt like a promotion to me as quite a few could be vice-principal but right now which other teacher could forge ahead in Sanskrit in Ireland? [Hopefully this will change before I pop off to the next world.] With Sanskrit I’m expecting my mind to improve with age even if my body slows down a little. Sanskrit is often compared to the full-time teacher, who is there for you 24/7 whereas the other languages are more like part-timers. The effects of studying Sanskrit on me have been first and foremost a realistic confidence. Secondly, it meant I had to become more precise and speak weighing my words more carefully. It also taught me to express myself with less waffle and therefore speak more briefly. My power of attention and retention has undoubtedly increased.

Contd in part 6

 

[manoharkumar]

PART 6
Teaching methodNow, let me explain for a few minutes, HOW Sanskrit is taught. To my surprise it is not taught well in most places in India. Pupils have to learn it from when they are around age 9 to 11 and then they give it up, because it is taught so badly! Only a few die-hards stick with it, in time teaching the same old endings endlessly to the next generation. This is partly due to India having adopted a craving to copy the West and their tradition having been systematically rooted out by colonialism.For learning grammar and the wisdom of the East, I was well-placed in a traditional gurukulam, but for spoken Sanskrit I felt a modern approach was missing.Then I found a teacher from the International School belonging to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. His name is Narendra. He has developed a novel, inspiring and light method to teach grammar, which doesn’t feel like you do any grammar at all. At the same time it isn’t diluted for beginners so you don’t end up with partial knowledge. I also followed a few Sanskrit Conversation camps, which all brought about more familiarity.Narendra says he owes his method to Sri Aurobindo and his companion The Mother who inspired him to come up with the course we now follow in Dublin. This is one of the many things The Mother said to inspire him:“Teach logically. Your method should be most natural, efficient and stimulating to the mind. It should carry one forward at a great pace. You need not cling there to any past or present manner of teaching.”This is how I would summarize the principles for teaching Sanskrit as we carry it out at present:
1. Language learning is not for academics as everyone learns to speak a language from an early age before they can read and write and know what an academic is. So why insist in teaching Sanskrit academically?2. The writing script is not the most fundamental thing to be taught. A language is firstly made of its sounds, words and spoken sentences. [The script we use -though very beautiful- is only a few hundred years old.]3. Always go from what is known to what is new.4. Understanding works better than memorisation in this Age. Learning by heart should only take up 10 percent of the mental work, rather than the 90 percent rote learning in Sanskrit up to the recent present.5. Don’t teach words and endings in isolation; teach them in the context of a sentence as the sentence is the smallest meaningful unit in language.6. Any tedious memory work which cannot be avoided should be taught in a song.

 

[manoharkumar]

PART 7

7. Do not teach grammatical terms. Just as we don’t need to know about the carburetor, when we learn to drive a car.8. The course should be finished in two years by an average student according to Narendra. This may be a little optimistic given that we are a little out of the loop not living in India, which is still Sanskrit’s custodian. At present I would say it is going to be a three-year course.9. Language learning must be playful. Use drama, song, computer games and other tricks to make learning enjoyable.
We have started on this course since September and it has certainly put a smile on our pupils’ faces, which makes a pleasant change. I now feel totally confident that we are providing your children with a thorough, structured and enjoyable course. Our students should be well prepared for the International Sanskrit Cambridge exam by the time they finish –age 14/15- at the end of second year. We will also teach them some of the timeless wisdom enshrined in various verses. At present we are teaching them: “All that lives is full of the Lord. Claim nothing; enjoy! Do not covet His property”- in the original of course.
The futureLet us look at the 500 – year cycle of a Renaissance. The last European Renaissance developed three subjects: Art, Music and Science to shape the world we live in today. It had its beginning in Florence. The great Humanist Marsilio Ficino made Plato available to the masses by translating it from Greek to Latin. We live in exciting times and may well be at the beginning of a new Renaissance. It also will be based on three new subjects: Some say that these will be Economics, Law and Language.Language has to become more universal now as we can connect with each other globally within seconds. NASA America’s Space Program is actively looking at Sanskrit in relation to I.T. and artificial intelligence.Sri Aurobindo said “…at once majestic and sweet and flexible, strong and clearly-formed and full and vibrant and subtle…”.What John Scottus pupils have said:It makes your mind bright, sharp and clear.It makes you feel peaceful and happy.It makes you feel BIG.It cleans and loosens your tongue so you can pronounce any language easily.What Sanskrit enthusiasts have said:It gives you access to a vast and liberating literature.It can describe all aspects of human life from the most abstract philosophical to the latest scientific discoveries, hinting at further developments.Sanskrit and computers are a perfect fit. The precision play of Sanskrit with computer tools will awaken the capacity in human beings to utilize their innate higher mental faculty with a momentum that would inevitably transform the mind. In fact, the mere learning of Sanskrit by large numbers of people in itself represents a quantum leap in consciousness, not to mention the rich endowment it will provide in the arena of future communication. NASA, CaliforniaAfter many thousands of years, Sanskrit still lives with a vitality that can breathe life, restore unity and inspire peace on our tired and troubled planet. It is a sacred gift, an opportunity. The future could be very bright.

 

[manoharkumar]

FINAL PART 8.

Rick Briggs [NASA]
You may well have a few questions at this stage after which I would like to introduce you to a plant in the audience. A parent turned into a blazing ball of enthusiasm over Sanskrit grammar: John Doran. I would like him to wrap up.
I’ll give NASA’s Rick Briggs the last word from me:One thing is certain; Sanskrit will only become the planetary language when it is taught in a way which is exiting and enjoyable. Furthermore it must address individual learning inhibitions with clarity and compassion in a setting which encourages everyone to step forth, take risks, make mistakes and learn.Rick Briggs [NASA]

 

[SANDHYAV]

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Thanks for bringing back the original theme of the topic. very interesting sylabelle pronounciation is different from tone identification. it definitely is different. But is it workable? it will probably integrate india and part of middle east, may be take away the anti hindi sentiments from tamil nadu ( i am apolitical - just from language perspective). i would give another 50 years for it to become global.

Personally i will not learn it nor will ask my kids to as of now, but if it becomes an official language of say telangana and i become an officer there then will by 30 days to easy sanskrit. PERIOD.

Atleast Jaya TV said it wants to introduce trilanguage formula like bangalore in TN early 2012. that means at a govt level they are thinking of introducing Hindi in addition to TAMIL AND ENGLISH and make it compulsory of kids say 10-17 years.I did as most kids of my age read english as first language. tamil as second language, coz at that time atleast a manavar mandram 10th exam certificate will give an edge in TN jobs. and in additiion did a bit of HINDI with dakshin bharat hindi prachar sabha.

Ofcourse, SANSKRIT is closest to hindi out of the 3-4 languages i know.

 

[sarang]

12,000 participate in 3-day Samskritotsavam in Chennai

Any activity for the promotion of samskrita is welcome.

The three-day Samaskrito-tsavam was organised in Chennai from August 18 to 20. The event witnessed an unprecedented response from Sanskrit enthusiastic people. Nearly 12,000 people participated. Pejawar Swami Shri Vishwesh Theerth Maharaj, national organising secretary of Samskrit Bharati and many other scholars were also present in the Samskritotsavam. The programme was live webcasted on www. samskritabharati.in/www. dgvaishnavcollege.com. More than 1,000 people watched the event live.
Sanskrit books to the tune of Rs 1,09,000 were sold.
In his speech Dr MM Alex, scientist at Anceint Integrated Therapies Research said that since Sanskrit comes from nature, so it can never die. Very young upcoming poets recited amasing poetry on contemporary themes. In his speech, Swami Atmaghananda from Ramakrishna Mutt said the Sanskrit is best tool for programming and the younsters are speaking Sanskrit in a good number. He said Sanskrit’s future is bright. Editor of Amudasurabhi Shri Tiruppur Krishnan said the Government must honour the Sanskrit scholars.
Welcome to Organiser

 

[zebra16]

The best way to revive samskrutam would be samskrutam knowing members exchanging 3-5 simple sentences each day covering the daily and mundane matters. Exchange of 3 sentences by 3 members will result in learning about 270 sentences and may be about 450-500 words in a month. Quite awesome vocabulary, even if only 50% of the words and sentence construction are retained.

There is at least one village in Madhya Pradesh and one in Karnataka (Mattur) where the spoken language is samskrutam (this was even telecast and Hero Honda motorcycle had an advertisement for its product) and try to learn from historical point of view how the language survived in these villages.

One will always find many people saying teaching is bad or horrible etc. But that argument is heard in respect of any language and any subject. If one just googles "difficulty in teaching mathematics" one will find nearly 4 million hits, but that has not stopped anyone from learning either voluntarily or compulsorily.

The emphasis should be on teaching to girls/ladies/women because it would be them who would be passing on the language to the future generations in the form of mother tongue which would make it easy and painless learning.

 

[Brahin]

Sanskrit is the most prestigious language of all,taught in the best universities of the world and has its origin since 10000B.C. nearly.It is the core of the other modern languages of the present world.