Sanskrit Language –
It is
said that Brahma the creator introduced Sanskrit language to the Sages of
celestial bodies. Therefore, this language is also called Deva Vani, which
means the language of gods. The earliest
form of Sanskrit language was Vedic Sanskrit that came approximately around
1500-200 B.C.E according to the Historians. This was the period when knowledge
was imparted orally through the generations.
But according to the Sanaathana Dharma
of the Hindus, Sanskrit has been in use from the past several thousand
years. Prakrita language, which evolved from Sanskrit was the language of
the common people.
The Sanskrit language, what ever be its antiquity, is of a
wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious that the Latin,
and more exquisitely refined than either, yet hearing of both of them a
stronger affinity, both In the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than
could be possible have been produced by accident, so strong indeed, that no
philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung
from a common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists; there is a similar reason, though not quite
so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the Celtic, though blended
with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit; and the old Persian might be added t the same
family.
I have great love for the Sanskrit
language and hence, decided to start a blog on this. Though I am not a scholar and only a learner,
I have decided to post all that I know about this language in this blog.
When a person wants to learn the
Sanskrit language, the first hurdle he/she will face is the lack of proper
study materials needed for the study. Keeping
this in mind, what ever I have studied I will be faithfully recording it here
for others to take benefit.
I have created various pages for each specific course……
namely
1.
Diploma in Sanskrit (offered by Madras University
2.
M.A. Sanskrit & its Applications (offered by SASTRA University
3.
General topics of interest…………….
Links have been provided to these sites from below.
