Digest Number 2268

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Sanskrit literature has the largest collection of masterpieces in prose,

poetry and play forms in both fiction and non-fiction versions.

'Mahabharata' is the longest poetry ever written in history. It has 100,000

stanzas and is the largest epic of all times. The author, 'Vyasa' also wrote

eighteen works of fiction called the 'Puranas', a collection of moral

stories based on imaginary characters which can be considered as the

origination of modern day Hinduism. His other work is the 'Vedas', which is

a compilation of the research done in the Vedic period, centuries before

him.

 

 

'Veda' means knowledge in Sanskrit language. Science and Mathematics --

including numeral system and "zero", Geometry, Astronomy, Astrology,

calculation of time and space, theories on the origins of life, definition

of abstraction, research of sound effects on humans and nature, ethics,

democratic administration, architecture, mechanics, metallurgy, advanced

system of communication in the form of Sanskrit language and Devanagari

script, systematic study of medicine, study of knowledge, narcotics and mind

control substances to name a few were achievements of this period. Vedic

Indians worshipped nature in an abstract form. It is believed that this

civilisation existed somewhere between 3000 and 4000 BC.

 

 

Language, the form of communication in sound, writing and performances were

perfected in India. Communication by sound and writing in the form of

Sanskrit language and Devanagari script is the only combination ever created

wherein any sound can be written down. It has a vast vocabulary,

well-defined grammar and speech system which later in time largely was

adopted by other living languages of the world. Unlike, other languages,

Sanskrit and Devanagari did not evolve in time, they were created and

perfected by research.