Revival of Sanskrit

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I appreciate the suggestions to revive Sanskrit and wish you all success.

To the best of my knowledge, there are at present about 7 Sanskrit

Universities in India and hundreds of Sanskrit departments. However one

cannot deny the fact that one does not get a job in India with major in

Sanskrit or does not get salary comparable to other technical disciplines

taught in English. With English one can get a job outside India and with

English you can get a job even writing about Sanskrit in Roman script. In

my opinion, somehow Sanskrit should be coupled to the technical subjects.

How? As a first step, Sanskrit technical terminology could be included in

paranthesis next to English word in technical books. Were not such

efforts made in the past? Yes. Many Indian university committees created

terminology in regional languages and printed little booklets on

PariBhA-sA. .But nobody used them. Why ? It was clumsy and in some

instances funny. In my opinion one has to prove that technical subjects

become more enjoyable using meaningful Sanskrit terminology. One has to

prove that one could bypass the strange greek letters(ksy,eta,zeta etc)

and double, triple, and sometimes fourfold suffix terminology (as in

elasticity tensor) by using the appropriate Sanskrit syllable

combinations. One has to create internal consistency in method and

terminology so the user will enjoy it without getting a feeling of

additional memory burden. Is it possible to create such terminology? The

answer is-such meaningful terminology is already there. We cannot

recognize it because we are not giving enough time to research and

discuss it . Here are examples (You do not have to agree with me at this

stage, just enjoy them).For complex number, the word "KalAyanii" is more

appropriate than literal translation"Kathina, Jatil etc".The word is made

of two components-KalA-phase + Ayana-amplitude. This is what the complex

number is. Few more examples. Probability-PratyekatA (not ZakyatA or

SambhavatA),Entropy-Sankaratva or SankaratA (mixing),

Simulation-AbhikaraNa, Logarithm-Laghuriktha(Laghu-small and

riktha-radix). By combining a single word "ayana" with many Upasargas,

one can create different shades of meanings of "Amplitude". If we assume

that Upasargas have fixed meanings and decipher them, imagine the

possibility of internally consistent combinations. Also one has to look

for the original meanings of Sanskrit words from the ancient technical

books(if any left in India) because meanings have tendency to wander

around. Example-SanskAra-good teaching,impressions. However it was used

in the ancient Physics book with the meaning-Inertia.I think this is the

right meaning, even applicable in religious teachings like

Poorva-janma-SanskAra-lingering impressions-Inertia. One of the most

important topics of Sanskrit linguistics is the source of meanings of

Sanskrit words. This was being continuously discussed by Indian linguists

for hundreds of years without tangible outcome. At least I am not under

illusion to believe that the Western world spends millions of dollars

on the ancient Indian knowledge because they love it. There must be more

than that. Thanks. N.R.Joshi.

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