TODAY IS WORLD SANSKRIT DAY Sanskrit Diwas(day) was first observed in the year 1969.The day is celebrated to spread awareness about the mother of all Indian languages and the first of the ancient languages spoken in India. It is annually observed on the Shravana Purnima day (fullmoon day in the month of Shravana as per Hindu calendar). The main objective of the observance of Sanskrit day is to promote Sanskrit and to educate the general public about the importance of Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a beautiful language.It has enriched our society from time immemorial. Sanskritembodies the rich Indian cultural heritage. It is the real key to our past and helps unravel the myriad mysteries in our ancient texts and of our religious-cultural traditions. Some of the most valuable and instructive materials in the history of humansare treasured up in the classical dialect of India, Sanskrit. Study of Sanskrit, particularly vedic Sanskrit is able to enlighten us and illuminate the darkest passages in the history of human mind. In recent studies, it has been found that Sanskrit is the best option for our computer programming. We can not ignore the contributions of foreigners in introducing the wealth of informations contained in Sanskrit literature into the world. Sir William Jones arrived in India, in September 1783, as a judge of the British Supreme Court of Judicature, in Calcutta. He was an English philologist, scholar in Sanskrit and founder of Asian Society. He translated ”Abhijnana Shakuntala” and ”Ritu Samhara” (dramas written by Sanskrit poet Kalidasa ) and ”Gita Govinda” (written by poet Jayadeva) into English. He also translated ”Manusmriti” (laws of Manu) into English. Another scholar Sir Charles Wilkins translated Bhagavadgita into English in1785. Max Muller, a German philologist and Orientalist, translated Hitopadesha, a collection of Indian fables in to German. He translated his name into Sanskrit as ”Moksha (liberation) Muller Bhat (surname). It was to express his veneration for Sanskrit and did not mean change of realname or religion. He translated ”Meghaduta ”(Kalidasa’s drama, in Sanskrit) into German under the title of ”The Fatal Ring. ”The Sacred Books of the East” is a monumental 50 volume set of Asian religious writings, translated by various oriental scholars, edited by Max Muller and published by the Oxford University Pressbetween 1879 and 1884. Sanskrit not only deals with veda and upanishad . There wasfull awareness of the Navagrahas (9 planets) including Rahu and Ketu and Dhooma ketu (comet).They were also aware of concepts such as planetary afflictions, medicine(Ayurveda) , surgery andvimaana (flyingobjects). Maharshi Bharadhwaja wrote ”Yantra Sarvaswa” and ”Vaimaanika shaastra”. Sushruta wrote ”Sushruta Samhita” which discusses surgical techniques such as incisions,probing, extraction of foreign bodiesetc. Sage Garga in his text” Gargahora” has describedastrology. Vedas contain thenames of the Nakshatras (stars), months and seasons. Names of all the navagrahas (9 planets) find mention invedic corpus.
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