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Panini's Sanskrit grammar and why tradition called it sacred

The Ashtadhyayi is not a textbook. It does not explain Sanskrit the way a teacher explains it to a student. It generates ...
Dawn

Language: Sanskrit and Prakrits!

Interestingly, the original home of the Sanskrit is said to be the Northern Punjab and Swat valley in Pakistan which officially renounces its legacy. Panini, (600/500 BC) a Punjabi from Taxila ...
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How an Indian student made Sanskrit’s ‘language machine’ work for the first time in 2,500 years

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge. Rishi Rajpopat (St John’s College) ...
The Harvard Crimson

Redefining the Classics at Harvard

During my first few days at Harvard, I attended the Advising Fair and wandered into the language section. Thinking I might be interested in Sanskrit, I approached the Classical Languages booth for ...
Indiatimes

Sanskrit as a language of science

Chairman Press Council of India,former judge Supreme Court Of India. It is a great honour for me to be invited to speak in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, which is renowned as one of the ...
The Financial Express

Spotlight on Sanskrit: The language is finding its way back to people’s tongues

Talking about the decision to make a film in the ancient language, Chinmay Sudhir Shende, director of Balbhushanani, says Sanskrit was once the most widely spoken language in India but now it is being ...
Prokerala

Career scope in Sanskrit courses

Sanskrit is the classical language of India. It is the root of a number of modern Indian languages. It is also the language in which the great religious and philosophical works of ancient India have ...