Bulgaria

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Here is an interesting insight from P.N. Oaks, from his book Our World

Vedic Heritage, page 757.

 

" At an Indian film festival held in Bulgaria recently, it was discovered

that Bulgarian audiences could easily understand Sanskrit words in the

dialogue but couldn't follow Urdu.

 

For instance, when the film ' Sparsh ' was shown the whole audience cheered

and lustily repeated the knowledgeable title as ' touch ' because

Bulgarians, too, use the word sparsh in the same sense.

 

The Bulgarian dictionary is replete with Sanskrit words. When the Bulgarian

government was informed of this by the Indian embassy, Bulgaria promptly

introduced courses in Sanskrit in numerous schools. Sofia University has a

special department for Sanskrit studies.