Guest guest Posted May 15, 2002 Report Share Posted May 15, 2002 > Please accept my humble obeisances. > All glories to Srila Prabhupada! > > Many times Srila Prabhupada said that Sanskrit is the mother of all > languages. > > ---------------------------- > Prabhupada: Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a language which is mother of all > languages. Sanskrit, S-a-n-s-k-r-i-t, Sanskrit language. So this is the > original language of this..., not only of this planet. In other planets > also, this language is spoken. So the names are in Sanskrit. They do not > belong to any community or any section. It is universal. > > >>> Ref. VedaBase => Interview -- February 1, 1968, Los Angeles > ---------------------------- > > However, the following was written by some Shyam Rao on the Web > (http://www.dalitstan.org/books/a_sans/a_sans_i.html) under the title, > "The Anti-Sanskrit Scripture". > > ---------------------------- > The main pillar of the Sanskrit-centric ideology is the Mother Sanskrit > Theory. This hypothesis, which was never proven, postulates that Sanskrit > is the Mother of all Indian languages. It is essentially a colonial > theory, a hangover from the age of Anglo-Brahmin colonialism. The close > collaboration between the Brahmins and the British invaders meant that the > British saw India through Brahmin eyes, and Brahmin theories of history > and linguistics infected European science. In this, Sanskritisation is > merely another manifestation of the destructive aspects of Brahmanism at > work. > > The harm that this theory has done to Indian culture is immense, for it > sees all Indian vernaculars as merely degraded forms of Sanskrit. It hence > logically follows that all regional Indian languages, which are in fact > each separate languages in their own right, are considered as unnecessary > blocks to the proper learning of Sanskrit. For decades this theory has > been taught in schools, yet it is entirely without foundation, and has > been discarded by international linguists. (...). > ---------------------------- What is the motivation of these people? If it is the same site I visited a few months ago it is rather malevalent with a heavy Naxalite, Maoist leaning as in demonic. More below.... > > My question is whether there is any other proof besides the words of Srila > Prabhupada (who quotes some professors -- see below*) that Sanskrit is > indeed the mother of all languages. Are there some studies available from > scholars inside or outside ISKCON that firmly establish the validity of > the "Mother Sanskrit Theory"? > > Thank you very much in advance. Hare Krishna. > Your humble servant, > Rogier. > > * Srila Prabhupada quoting professors: > > ---------------------------- > "Prabhupada: Latin is from Sanskrit. Yes. Latin is from Sanskrit. > Professor Rowe and Webb of Presidency College in Calcutta, they have got a > grammar. They have said the Sanskrit language is mother of all languages. > They were big English scholar, professor, Mr. Rowe and Webb. > > >>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation With Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, > >>> 1969, > Columbus, Ohio > ---------------------------- In the shad darshans the 5th is the Purva Mimamsa (aka Karma-mimamsa) of Jaimini Rsi. According to Ramanujacarya's Sribhashya one cannot understand the Vedanta Sutra (aka the Uttara Mimamsa) until one has studied the Purva Mimamsa. In the 1st chapter 3rd pada of the Purva Mimamsa Jaimini gives many arguments regarding the eternal, divine nature of the Vedas and their constituent mantras. According to Mimamsa doctrine the Vedas are Apurushaya--without material cause. In Purva Mimamsa 1.3.24-31 Jaimini demonstrates that Sanskrit is the origin of all languages and that all other languages have arisen from the mispronunciation of Sanskrit. Considering that Mimamsa Sastra is very old, Krsna Himself as Vysadeva wrote the Uttara Mimamsa after Jaimini compiled his Karma Mimamsa. This would suggest that in the Vedic worldview Sanskrit has always been held as the origin of all other languages. We therefore need not consider contemporary academic support when we find such ancient support in the Mimamsa Sastras. Your humble servant Shyamasundara Dasa www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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