World Sanskrit Day 2022: History and Significance

Sanskrit Diwas

Sanskrit is a significant ancient language and an integral part of Indian culture. Around 5000 years old, Sanskrit is a language rooted in our country and its people. Moreover, Hindu culture’s liturgical and classical language has gained much recognition worldwide. The language is as new as possible, with 70+ synonyms for the same word. The versatility of Sanskrit is famous all across the world. Thus, this World Sanskrit Day 2022, let’s find out the unrevealed facts and significance of our cultural language.

History of World Sanskrit Day

Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language which is thousands of years old. Anyone with little knowledge of the language must have heard about Vedas. They are medieval documents, and the writing they are composed in is called Vedic Sanskrit.

Later, the Indo-Germanic families included and knew Latin or Greek thoroughly. However, William Jones (who knew Latin and Greek) enunciated that Sanskrit is a perfect and more exciting language than Latin or Greek. Moreover, it also has slightly more refinement than Latin. Therefore, scholars throughout India have used and appreciated the language. Even places like Germany still use Sanskrit as a vital form of expression. Furthermore, considering we’re still celebrating World Sanskrit Day, 2022 says a lot about the aura and influence of the language.

The English Origin of Sanskrit

The English language has words whose origins trace back to Sanskrit. A few examples of such words are, the word bangle came from the Sanskrit word, Bangri. Moreover, Cash originated from Karsha, and Mosquitoe came from Mashaka. Doesn’t this make you feel proud of the language?

Significance of Sanskrit Language

The language is significant in its authentic ways. Let’s find out how!

1. Mother of All Languages

Sanskrit is often known as the mother language. While there is no exaggeration that most languages in India have evolved from Sanskrit, what’s new is that it also has immense prevalence. Moreover, languages like Romani came from this, and Sanskrit is like a foster mother to some of the South Indian languages as it helped them evolve.

2. Language of the Scholars

Virtuous scholars like Valmiki, Kalidas, Aryabhatta, Veda Vyas, etc., have always valued the importance and knowledge rooted in Sanskrit.

3. The Rural Indian Language

Not so frequent in urban India, Sanskrit never left its roots in rural India. Villages in states like Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan still cherish the language.

4. A Harmonious and Peaceful Language

Sanskrit crossed the borders of Vietnam and Cambodia and its way through people’s hearts. Thus, it’s not the people that accept the language but the language that makes them their own.

When is World Sanskrit Day 2022?

We celebrate this day every year on Shraavanpoornima. World Sanskrit Day 2022 falls on 12th August 2022, and like every year, on this day, people remember, cherish and are grateful for this language. Moreover, this day also brings about the revival and maintenance of the language for it to continue for generations.

Official State Language of Uttarakhand

Amongst interesting facts about Sanskrit, this one stands out!

The people of Uttarakhand have accepted and acknowledged Sanskrit as their official language. The main motive behind this was to facilitate the Vedic ways and techniques of learning. Furthermore, popular belief says that such methods impart learning in beautiful ways.

Thus, we wish that this World Sanskrit Day 2022, the world gets to know more about the beauty and auspiciousness of the language.

FAQs

1. When do we celebrate World Sanskrit day ?

12th August will be seen as World Sanskrit Day, 2022.

2. What is the importance of Sanskrit in music?

The Carnatic music and other branches of Hindustani classical have the beauty of Sanskrit. Moreover, bhajans and kirtans have always had shlokas and shrotas from Sanskrit. In China, Sanskrit songs are top-rated.

3. What are some English words coming from Sanskrit origin?

Bangle came from the Sanskrit word, Bangri. Cash originated from Karsha, Mosquitoe came from Mashaka and Camphor from Karpura are a few examples.

4. What are some scholars who used Sanskrit?

Aryabhatta, Valmiki, Kalidas, Veda Vyas and many more have always valued the Sanskrit language through their works.

5. Which is the Sanskrit newspaper?

The Sudharma is the only national daily newspaper in Sanskrit. It has been prevalent since the 1970s in Mysore, Karnataka. The paper was introduced to promote the culture and age-old values of the Sanskrit language.