20 Facts on Sanskrit that every Indian should be proud of
20 Facts on Sanskrit that every Indian should be proud of
Do you remember Sanskrit. The Language that was taught in the school in which you always flunked and didn’t understand any significance of it. When Questioned, you heard long arguments from your teacher that you should study it and he would tell you that it is India’s language and many more bla bla. Well, he was partially right but would not tell you the facts that would make you love the language.
Naukrinama today brings some of these mind blowing facts that will make you have some more respect for this language.
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Oldest Language
Sanskrit is the oldest language of the world. Yes, its origins can be traced thousands of years back, Even before King Ashoka’s time! That was 300 years before Christ! The claims of origin has been set at 1500 BC.
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Impact on other Languages
Sanskrit is the considered to be “mother” of the most languages of North India and even the Romani language of the Romani people (“Gypsies”). Many south India’s languages have no direct relation with Sanskrit but if vocabulory is closely observed, then not only south Indian LAnguages, but many other languages of the world has borrowed their vocab from Sanskrit!
Click next to see the mesmerizing fact about Sanskrit Vocab!
Vocabulary of Sanskrit!
Sanskrit has the highest number of vocabularies than any other language in the world. The total counts of words is said to be 102 arab 78 crore 50 lakh! The number words in English Language is 1,025,109. That is just a small fraction compared to Sanskrit!
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Oldest Texts are in Sanskrit
The oldest text in the human history are said to be Vedas and the language used in Vedas is Sanskrit. That makes it an amazing fact about Sanskrit.
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Sanskrit as Oral Language
Sanskrit has predominantly been used in oral communication rather than written communication. It is said that Vedas were written a thousand years later because it was taught orally initially! That may further solidify the claim of Sanskrit being the Grandfather of Languages!
Click next to see the facts on its pronunciation!
Clearest pronunciation
The Sanskrit vocabulary uses a combination of 49 sounds, generated from five distinct areas of the mouth, allowing phonetic accuracy. Every Sanskrit letter has a precise sound in any word it is used in, all the time! This does not happen in any language of the world!
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Dialects of Sanskrit!
There is no other dialects of Sanskrit! Yes, Despite of being the oldest, no other dialect was ever made. It remains the purest and in original form.
Click next to see the Sanskrit’s Importance in Heritage!
Sanskrit Literature
Sanskrit has a very rich Literature since it has been spoken from so many eras. Sanskrit Literature holds the key to understand the historic culture and heritage of India. It makes historians very easy to understand Indian History after going through such texts. Isn’t it amazing!
Click next to see its use in Translation!
Translation
Sanskrit is best language that can be used for Translation purpose. This is because Sanskrit has a very rich Vocabulary, Only for ‘water’, Sanskrit contains 70 different words while English has one and for the forms of action, Sanskrit has 122 words used for various types of actions! It is a great fact about Sanskrit!
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Scholarly Language
Sanskrit is used as Scholarly Language of three different and major religions of India. It was used in the texts of- Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhist texts! That establishes a fact that it was a widely used and majorly recognized by the Scholars.
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Sanskrit had no script!
Sanskrit had no original script! It was written in various other languages for a very long time. It was some 200 years ago that Sanskrit adopted Devnagri script and Hindi was then subsequently born!
Click next to see the some modern facts about Sanskrit!
Teachers of Sanskrit!
Sanskrit is considered as a discontinued language in modern India. Well, Well, so is not the case. There are more teachers of Sanskrit in India than combined learners of USA, France and Germany! Yes, That is an amazing fact about Sanskrit to know about in this era.
Click next to see what Forbes Magazine said about Sanskrit!
Forbes Deceleration on Sanskrit
According to a report published by Forbes, Sasnkrit is the best language to be used in Computers. No doubt, Indians are excelling in that field! 😛
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NASA on Sanskrit
NASA has said that Sanskrit is rich in most advanced science, contained in their books called Vedas, Upanishads, Shruti, Smriti, Puranas, Mahabharata, Ramayana etc. NASA also has approximately 60,000 palm leaf manuscripts, which they are studying and even has a Sanskrit department! It is one mindblowing fact about Sanskrit to know!
See what NASA is planning to do with Sanskrit!
Super Computers
NASA is planning to develop 6th generation computers and 7th generation computers which have a deadline of 2025 and 2034 respectively. The amazing thing to know is that it will be based on Sanskrit!! Americans may soon be found studying Sanskrit!
Click next to see the fact about current Sanskrit Speakers!
Sanskrit Speakers
According to 2001 census, around 14000 people have reported Sanskrit as their native language but it was estimated that more than 1 million speak it. There are even villages in Rajasthan, UP, Bihar etc that uses Sanskrit as the only medium of communication.
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Sanskrit Universities
There are many universities in India that teaches Sanskrit but even foreign universities have recognized the importance of Sanskrit. Around 17 Foreign countries have a university or two teaching Sanskrit language! This is one of the best facts about Sanskrit in modern world!
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Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand is the first and the only state of India that has recognized Sanskrit as the official language of its state!
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Sanskrit Newspaper!
The most amazing fact is that there is a Sanskrit daily newspaper! Sudharma, published out of Mysore India , has been running since 1970!! It is also available online as an e-paper. You can check it out at this link: sudharma.epapertoday.com
Click next to see the Sanskrit Relation with Lal Bahadur Shastri ji!
Sanskrit as a difficult language!
Lal Bahadur Shastri was born as Lal Bahadur Srivastav. In 1925, when he graduated from Kashi Vidyapith as a first class in Sanskrit, he was bestowed with a title of Shastri! This was because it was considered a very difficult course and it had a high dropout rate. This Indian PM was a Sanskrit Scholar!