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Sanskrit Language

Sanskrit is India's very old language. It has been used in Ved, Puraan, Upanishad and other religious literature till recently. Today world accepts that it is the most perfect language of the world.

Perfection. Being the Divine language it is perfect by its own nature. Any number of desired words could be created through its root words (Dhaatu) and the prefix and suffix systems as detailed in the Ashtadhyaayee of Paanini, and, furthermore, 90 forms of each verb and 21 forms of each noun or pronoun could be formed that could be used in any situation. Thus, there is an extremely extensive scope for creating the desired Sanskrit vocabulary.

The perfection of the pronunciation (of the consonants and the vowels) and the uniqueness of the grammar that stays the same in all the ages (from the very beginning of human civilization and up till today) are such features which themselves prove that Sanskrit is not manmade; it is a Divine gift to the people of this world. For example: te pravishanti , which means ‘they enter.’ This phrase is from the Eesh Upanishad of Yajur Ved. The same inflection of the verb is being used in all the Sanskrit scriptures from the very beginning (trillions of years ago) and up till today. Isn’t it amazing? Moreover, Sanskrit language has never had any dialect, and in every age and in every corner of this brahmand (and the earth planet) it always remains the same.

Styles of Representation. There are three styles of Sanskrit language: Vedic, Upnishadik, and of the Puraan. These are the styles of linguistic representations. They are not improvements over one another, as many intellectuals may think. So, in all ages, they remain the same, even if they have been reproduced 5,000 years ago or a billion years ago.

Whereas the other writing systems of the world started from the primitive signs (related to certain sounds) like the Phoenician signs, and from there, moving through a rigid course of development and crossing a number of stages, they took the shape of a proper language.  Even today, there has not been  a single language of the world, that has delivered the exact pronunciation of its alphabet, and its dictionary, which has presently borrowed words from several other languages, is still being modified and new words are being added to it.

                                       

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Created on 03/15/2006 and Updated on 12/30/2007
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