INNOVATIVE TOOLS & TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATIVE SANSKRIT LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Goya Journal, 2023

Sanskrit is the precious gem of the past and the key to the future. No one doubts its scientificity and utility in the present era from linguistic point of view, but still our educational system has often failed to take effective steps for Sanskrit teaching & learning. Certainly, the National Education Policy 2020 has accepted the importance of Sanskrit language, but there is a need to be comprehensively prepared for the future Sanskrit generation and Sanskrit education. Innovation in Sanskrit is the key to this, but there are many obstacles in the success of these innovations, which require determination with skill to overcome them. Today there is a need for radical change in the fundamental ideology and methods of Sanskrit teaching. This change is capable of making innovations in Sanskrit widespread and reaching every heart. Through this research paper, an attempt will be made to put present scenario & upcoming future in front of scholars with the utility of Sanskrit-innovations in the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020. "Vadatu Samskritam, Jayatu Bharatam".

Proceedings of SAARD International Conference, 2023

Most of the experts of linguistics accept that Sanskrit is the most scientific, logical & systematic language. Sanskrit is the precious gem of the past and the key to the future. No one doubts its scientificity and utility from linguistic point of view, but still our educational system has often failed to take effective steps for Sanskrit teaching & learning. Certainly, the National Education Policy 2020 has accepted the importance of Sanskrit language, but there is a need to be comprehensively prepared for the future Sanskrit generation and Sanskrit education. NEP 2020 will be the milestone for Sanskrit Language & soon scenario will be changed. Innovative Digital Tools are already giving their major contribution to make Sanskrit more popular among people. These tools must be used & developed more & more. Keywords NEP 2020, Digital Sanskrit, Sanskrit through Sanskrit, Sanskrit Apps, E-books, Mattur, Jhiri, Informal Study Centre, Sanskrit Speaking Course.

2022

Sanskrit is one of the oldest known languages in the world, with examples of Vedic Sanskrit dating back to approximately 5000 BCE and possibly even earlier. The word “Sanskrit” is translated in several different ways, as “complete,” “perfect,” or “pulled together.” Sanskrit is one of the most famous and culturally important of these languages with literatures and proven science in the field of philosophy, literature, science, learning, astrology, dance-music, lyrics, singing, yoga, ethical and moral knowledge and others. It is believed that there is no other knowledge in the universe which is not composed in Veda. Sanskrit grammar originated by Panini probably in 6th century, is proven as a strong and well formatted grammar. Sanskrit is believed to be originally originated in Hindkush Mountains in Asia. Nepal and India are considered the hub of Sanskrit, but it is a misery that in these core countries the situation of Sanskrit has been endangered. Nevertheless, in recent times, Sanskrit's importance has been globally recognized. Western world has been intrigued by the language and the various literatures in Sanskrit. In the recent times, even in Nepal, the situation seems to be gradually improving for the promotion of Sanskrit learning. The government as well as other organizations should conduct more research as well invest money and wisdom for the preservation of such an appreciated and prized language that once ruled majority of the world but is now endangered.

Today Mother India is in tears to see its greatest heritage " Sanskrit " sinking into oblivion as only 14135 people have been found to be associated with Sanskrit as their native language. Hence, the objective of this study is to explore all the major affective factors that attributed to the decay of Sanskrit and putting this most revered language in deplorable condition and doleful state. In attaining the stated objective, the study employed unstructured interview (with 15 Sanskrit scholars) and content analysis as two primary data gathering tools. As for data analysis, the study used descriptive statistics and analytic induction. The study revealed 12 affective factors that caused degeneration of Sanskrit. Five of them are worth mentioning here. (i) Subjugation of Indian Philosophy, (ii) Lack of Career Prospect (iii) Confinement of Sanskrit to Brahmins, (iv) Political Bias, and (v) Spreading Myths about Complexity of Sanskrit.

2006

People’s Linguistic Survey of India, Volume 36, 2021

Words, the building blocks of language, illumine everything. Words are, in general, acquired through a constant exposure to language during the critical period in the first language acquisition. In second language acquisition, on the other hand, the teaching-learning setting of words poses to be a highly challenging task for teachers as well as learners on the ground of various morphological inflections and phonological patterns of the words of L2 which may be different from those of the L1 of the learner. Sanskrit, an ancient and scholarly language, is the indweller of all Indian languages because of which an Indian can fairly make out the words of Sanskrit and does not require a formal learning of it. As established by the West, it also has a very close connection to Indo-European languages and thus English. The English teaching community in India has been on a relentless quest to come up with even better word-teaching practices for so many decades now. If the community can make use of the phenomenon of morphological and phonological transformations between Sanskrit and English, it will not only help the students learn words but also make them own the L2 through the Sanskrit words. The present paper concentrates on the morphological and phonological transformation of words between Sanskrit and English which is by no means exhaustive. The impetus set here is expected to stir up the interest in the teachers to carry out some research on the phenomenon and thus provide the learners the incentive for better learning.

First International Sanskrit Computational …, 2007

Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, 2009