Sanskrit

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In the halls of the Amritapuri AICT, it's not uncommon these days to hear a

student ask an instructor, "Kushalam asti vaa?" And then to hear the answer,

"Kushalameeva."

 

The question: "How are you?" The answer: "I am fine." The language: Sanskrit.

 

 

 

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Sanskrit was considered as "Dev Bhasha", " Devavani "or the language of the Gods

by ancient Indians. The word sanskrita, meaning "refined" or "purified," is the

antonym of prakrita, meaning "natural," or "vulgar." It is made up of the

primordial sounds, and is developed systematically to include the natural

progressions of sounds as created in the human mouth. Jawaharlal Nehru has said

that Sanskrit is a language amazingly rich, efflorescent, full of luxuriant

growth of all kinds, and yet precise and strictly keeping within the framework

of grammar which Panini laid down two thousand years ago. It spread out, added

to its richness, became fuller and more ornate, but always it stuck to its

original roots. The ancient Indians attached a great deal of importance to

sound, and hence their writing, poetry or prose, had a rhythmic and musical

quality. Our modern languages of India are children of Sanskrit, and to it owe

most of their vocabulary and their forms of expressions.

The Sanskrit grammarians wished to construct a perfect language, which would

belong to no one and thus belong to all, which would not develop but remain an

ideal instrument of communication and culture for all peoples and all time.

 

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