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sanskrit
19 posts
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Sanskrit and India’s Self-development
DR.H. MAHESHWARI India can best develop herself and serve humanity by being Herself and following the law of her own nature. Sri Aurobindo Sanskrit is a very special language, India is a very special country and Her…
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit is a language of antiquity. The roots of many languages of the world are found in Sanskrit. It is often called the Mother of languages, Sarvabhasajanani. Tradition tells us that in the Sanskrit language there is…
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Some Doubts and Questions
Is Sanskrit a Hindu Language? It would be good at this stage to look at some of the objections that have been raised against Sanskrit becoming the national language of India. One argument, which is often used nowadays…
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Sanskrit – a self-existent truth and power
Life is infinite and rich in its possibilities. All language is an attempt to formulate and communicate the variety and richness of experiences covering the entire gamut of human sensitivity and potentiality. These…
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Evaluating Sanskrit
'There are two forms of knowledge of which those who know Brahman have spoken; the higher and the lower'; what in modern terms can be called knowledge and wisdom. It seems to me that the dilemma of man in this nuclear…
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A Call for the Propagation of Sanskrit
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages of the world. The deeper one goes into it the more amazed one is by the beauty and perfection of this language. Whichever aspect one explores, there seems to be no limits to its…
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Greatness of Sanskrit Literature
Sanskrit – A Language of Integral Perfection
According to Sri Aurobindo – “The greatness of a literature lies first in the greatness and worth of its substance, the value of its thought and the beauty of its forms, but also in the degree to which, satisfying the…
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Who is Bhagavan
Sanskrit : A Language of Consciousness
Here I intend to explain the word bhagavaan, one of the most important words of the Sanatana Dharma. The base word for bhagavaan is bhagavat. The word bhagavat is formed by adding the suffix vat to the word bhaga. The…
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The root of Doubts
Sanskrit : A Language of Consciousness
When look in a dictionary of Sanskrit to find out the meaning of a root-sound, we find that often a root-sound has more than one meaning. How do we justify the multiple meanings attached to one root-sound? Let me give…
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Sanskrit follows a rigorous logic
Sanskrit : A Language of Consciousness
In the previous issue I had explained about the significance of synonyms. There I had shown that the many words used for one object are not just different words to convey one single object but they are expressions of…
