What’s the scope of the Sanskrit language?
Sanskrit is also the language of Buddhist and Jain historical texts. Despite the fact that Sanskrit originated in South Asia, its influence can be found throughout the world. Sanskrit had a long-lasting influence on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, particularly in their formal and learned vocabularies. Inscriptions and literary evidence indicate that the Sanskrit language was already being used in Southeast Asia and Central Asia in the first millennium CE, thanks to monks, religious pilgrims, and merchants who brought it there.
Sanskrit is the revered language of my homeland, and I am also a student of it. Let me share my thoughts with you as a fellow countryman!
Sanskrit may not be worth your time if your goal is to speak it for business or everyday communication, but if you want to read and learn from the many books available in Sanskrit on a variety of topics, or chant mantras or hymns for Hindu or Mahayana Buddhist Gods, then it may be worth your time.
Now for our topic of today 'What's the scope of Sanskrit language?'
So the answer to the question of whether Sanskrit is good to learn is pretty straightforward;
it’s a YES if you wish to read the books!
But a BIG NO; Sanskrit is used only in the hamlets of Mattur and Hosahalli, in Karnataka, India, for everyday communication of the entire world! But unless you decide to live there for the rest of your life it’s not worth it. It is important to keep in mind that if you do not speak the language with another speaker on a regular basis after learning it, you will slowly and steadily start to forget it and it will become redundant for you.
Apart from this Sanskrit encounters a big challenge. Since Sanskrit is now only used in religious texts, it is virtually impossible to find articles, Vlogs, blogs, or even newspapers online or offline in the language. Sanskrit movies, on the other hand, are so rare that they can be counted on one hand. A single Sanskrit newspaper, Sudharma, does exist, but due to a lack of funding, such great initiatives are doomed to fail. Often, people who lack the resources to translate Sanskrit-speaking religious texts must rely on others who may not be as proficient. Sanskrit is only understood by a select few people, which means that only they can teach Sanskrit or explain the religious texts, and as opposed to what is written in the texts, that could be their own personal opinion
NASA has recommended using Sanskrit instead of binary because of its logical behaviour, according to recent news reports. All space enthusiasts would have a greater chance of going to space, or at the very least, of coding something for the spaceship, if that was implemented. But that’s a topic for later!
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Significant collections of Sanskrit manuscripts and inscriptions have been discovered in China (particularly Tibetan monasteries), Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia, in addition to ancient India. The Javanese language of Indonesia and Malay language of Malaysia both have a history of Sanskrit influence. Scholars believe that the language spoken in the Philippines has a slight Sanskrit influence. In Korea and Japan, some Sanskrit texts and inscriptions have also been discovered.
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