“Sanskrit is a programming language.”
“Sanskrit is a difficult/dead language.”
“Sanskrit is the language of Hindus, it is the language of religion.”
One finds many vague ideas floating around with regard to the history, practicality and use of Sanskrit. Let us first clarify some of them.
Sanskrit is not just a scientific language, it’s a language of science.
Computer programming languages have not yet been written in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit is not the language of only religion and prayer books, but of every subject known to man.
And Sanskrit is most definitely not just the language of Hindus — it is taught in schools all over the world today irrespective of caste, creed or religion.
Sanskrit has some remarkable features that are important to the way we learn. This is true not just for the present, but for the future as well.
The systematic nature of Sanskrit is exceptional. Its grammatical structure was well-defined and precisely laid out by Maharshi Panini (1) in the 5th century BCE, and little has changed in over two millennia. Sanskrit is also almost entirely self-contained, and any new vocabulary or structure can be generated within the language itself.
One usually thinks of Sanskrit as only the language of religion, scripture and prayer. But in truth, Sanskrit is the language in which almost every subject was written. There is in fact, more non-religious, scientific literature in Sanskrit than texts on religious subjects. (2)
India, the land of the origin of Sanskrit, was once the leader in the field of scientific discoveries, and almost all of those were written in Sanskrit.
Agriculture and Horticulture: krishi-shāstra
Alchemy: rasa-shāstra
Architecture: shilpa-shāstra
Astronomy and Astrology: jyotisha-shāstra
Botany: vrikshāyurveda
Chemistry: rasāyana-shāstra
Mathematcs: ganita-shāstra
Mechanical science: yantra-shāstra
Medical science: Ayurveda
Metallurgy: loha-shāstra
Physics: padārtha-vijñāna
Biology: jivavijñāna
Physiology: shariravijñāna
Why Sanskrit is Relevant — Today and Tomorrow
Sanskrit remains relevant not only for today but also for the progressive evolution of humanity. Here are some of the reasons for such an assertion:
It is a language of clarity
It can create an endless number of words
It is a living, breathing language
It is extraordinarily flexible
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