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Apr 12, 2006 6:27 am |
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re: re: re: re: re: re: Some interesting facts of Vedas by Swami Sunirmalanada |
Gyro
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Sanskrit is not used in daily conversation (except in certain families) although sizable number of words in vernacular languages have originated from Sanskrit. As a high level Indo-European language, one time, it had widespread influence on the people in Asia and Northern regions (including part of Russia.) Unfortunately, over long time period, due to conquests and expansionist attitudes of certain beliefs and societies, it stayed concentrated mainly in India/Nepal region. For example, there is an original word "sthaana" in Sanskrit meaning place, which is now changed to stan (Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkministan, Afganistan, etc ) indicating that the language was circulated in these regions.
More importantly, a huge number of Sanskrit works, reaching back in time to the oldest Vedic hymns, have also been preserved without the use of any writing, through careful memorization and oral recitation. And we know from the detailed testimony of ancient phoneticians that the pronunciation of Sanskrit has remained remarkably similar over a period of thousands of years.
If we go in to deep of origin of languages, I feel that that would deviate from our subject. From the school days syllabus I remember that tamil grammer was formed by Tholkappier. Compared to Sanskrit, Tamil is also a admirable language which has Thevaram, Thiruvasakam, Thirkural and other ilakkiyams.
V.K.L. Raamanathan Private Reply to Gyro (new win) |
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