Sanskrit - The mother of all languages

[HindustaniLadka]

Here is a great article i found about Sanskrit:

http://www.thevedicfoundation.org/valuable_resources/Sanskrit-The_Mother_of_All_Languages_partI.htm

[Idiappam]

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[Surya]

U shouldn't be in the hub to promote ur rabid dravidian lies!!

HL,
Nice! :D

[SRS]

[tscii]The Vedic tradition informs us that human beings in former ages were physically and intellectually by far more able than nowadays. Knowledge was passed on by oral reception since the disciples were able to remember everything by hearing it once. Thus, no writing was necessary. But at the dawn of the present age — the kali-yuga, or “age of quarrel” — human mankind degraded more and more and gradually lost all good qualities. The duration of life decreased, and with the loss of the keen remembrance the traditional system of acquiring knowledge ceased to be applicable. In order to prevent its decay, the Vedic wisdom had to be conserved in written form. This happened about 5000 years ago by the divine incarnation Shrila Vyasadeva. He compiled the presently existing Vedic literature, namely the four Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas and the Mahabharata. Thus, he created no new knowledge but rather tried to preserve the original wisdom of human mankind for the oncoming generations.

At that time, devanagari was the language of the whole civilized population of the earth. But due to lack of training and careless pronunciation, the uneducated people began to develop numerous dialects. Before, such lingual alienation had been carefully avoided since it was well-known that the material and spiritual power of the language greatly depends on its purity. Now, however, various dialects came up which, after gradually deviating from the original language, could not be called devanagari anymore. New languages, called prakrita, came forth.

With the further progress of kali-yuga, these prakrita dialects spread more and more, up to the grade of dominating the original pure language. Finally, they were adopted even by the educated circles. The sages and scholars of that time became alarmed. Together with its language, they foresaw the dying-out of the root of Vedic culture. Thus, they invested enormous time and effort to design a standardized grammar, with the aim of preserving the devanagari language in its original purity. Although unnecessary before, this measure seemed to be the only means of counteracting the increasing cultural, intellectual and spiritual decay of the society.

The most successful, hence most prominent amongst these grammarians was Panini. His grammar, surpassing all others in tightness and precision, became the standard and remained so undisputedly until today. Panini was able to joint the original devanagari language into an exact framework of rules, thus preserving it for the posterity. Since his time, this language is called Sanskrit, “joined together, refined”.

Thus, according to the Vedic version Sanskrit is not the result of the prakrita languages; rather, they in opposite have developed from the original Sanskrit language, called devanagari. The present-day Sanskrit is nothing more than the successful attempt to conserve the original language and to prevent its further alienation. And the development of scriptural record is not at all considered as a progress of human civilization — rather, it is a symptom of the increasing degradation of human qualities.

http://www.vedic-academy.com/sanskrit/about_sanskrit.htm

[krishnan]

Anavasiyama adichikkitu kidakkatheenga. Poyi pulla kuttigala padikka vaiyungappa. Ponga. Irukaradhulayae pazhaiya mozhi edhu theriuma? Manusan porakarathukku munnalayae vazhnda miruganga pesikkita mozhithan. Avallavu pazhamayana mozhi konda adhungallae mozhiya vechu adichikkama nagareegama vazhuthungnga. Adhunga kitterundhu naama yen andha nagareegatha kathukka koodadhu? Makkalukkaga than mozhi irukanumae thavira mozhikaaga makkal ippadi veripidichu alaya koodathu.