WORLDWIDE INTEREST IN SANSKRIT

GLOBAL INTEREST IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURES
REVIVE “FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE” SANSKRIT

www.dailymail.co.uk -Cao Yan, a 36-year-old teacher from China, came to India last year on a mission to decode ancient Buddhist literature. Cao Yan picked up Sanskrit in the year-long training he received under retired professor Pushpa Dikhshit, an eminent Sanskrit scholar based in Chhattisgarh. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan has 33,668 students enrolled in its centre for a non-formal certificate program. 
Cao is not the only one interested in learning the “forgotten language.” Professionals are learning Sanskrit to read ancient texts and use the knowledge in their current profession. “I teach Buddhist philosophy (in China). A lot of Buddhist scriptures were originally written in Sanskrit. So it was necessary for me to learn Sanskrit to be able to research and teach other students in this field,” Cao, who teaches at Wuhan University in China, said.

Nearer home, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan is witnessing a turnaround in its fortunes. Established in 1972 by the ministry of human resource development, it's a deemed university with 11 campuses across the country. Nearly 750 students enrolled in its distance mode this year, which is up from about 300 students in its debut year in 2010 “We have engineers, teachers, businessmen and even farmers learning Sanskrit these days. They have perhaps realized that matter related to their work and life is available in Sanskrit books,” said Ratnamohan Jha, national coordinator of non-formal Sanskrit education. 
Increased awareness about Vaastu Shastra, Yoga and Ayurveda has also added to the relevance of Sanskrit. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan's Delhi campus has 36 students in the current batch of its entry-level course, Shastri Bridge. Of them, seven are engineers, three are teachers and two are doctors. However, employment opportunities for Sanskrit learners are dismal.

Many professional people started to learn Sanskrit and many academics from foreign universities (such as Columbia University in the US, Margug University in Germany and Sorbonne University in France) appreciate Sanskrit and its heritage value. “People from other professions have started to value the source of all scientific and practical knowledge. And this has globalized Sanskrit in the process,” says Dr Pankaj K. Mishra, associate professor, department of Sanskrit, St Stephen's College. “Texts available in Sanskrit are so vast that one can find information about many topics and issues that we deal with today,” says Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice-chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US? 

Sanskrit is the language of the Divine abodes. The Divine abodes are inhabited with unlimited Saints who are always drowned in the felicity of the Bliss of their beloved God. The language of these abodes is Sanskrit. So all the prime scriptures (Vedas and Puranas etc.) are in Sanskrit language, and this is also the language of the celestial abodes. The Sanskrit grammar is produced on the earth planet by the eternal Sages along with the Vedas and Puranas. Being the Divine language it is perfect by its own nature. ... The perfection of the pronunciation (of the consonants and the vowels) and the uniqueness of the grammar that stays the same in all the ages (from the very beginning of human civilization and up till today) are such features which themselves prove that Sanskrit is not manmade; it is a Divine gift to the people of this world.

Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (Shree Swamiji) :
“The True History and Religion of India”
“Synopsis” - “The Eternity of the Sanskrit Language and its Grammar”
http://encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/11_the_divineness_of.htm
http://www.thevedicfoundation.org/the_true_history_and_the_religion_of_india/index.html

Published by dasavatara das - "Vedic Views on World News"
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ROLLING STONE MICK JAGGER SINGS IN SANSKRIT

MICK JAGGER SINGS IN SANSKRIT
‘SATYAMEVA JAYATE’ WITH A.R. RAHMAN

http://www.hindustantimes.com - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has sung ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (Truth alone triumphs) in an album that was produced by a supergroup, which also features Oscar-winning Indian musical legend A. R. Rahman.  In a rare feat in his illustrious career, rock legend Mick Jagger will hum the Sanskrit words (Satyameva Jayate) which is India’s national motto and is inscribed in Devanagiri at the base of India’s national emblem. The band SuperHeavy, which also consists of AR Rahman, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marley, has recorded the song. But only Rahman and Jagger sing the Sanskrit words. The song is the second single that the band has released. The first, Miracle Worker…, released in July and is already a summer hit. The second track specifically keeps India and our Independence Day in mind.

It will also be part of SuperHeavy’s first untitled album, which hits stores on September 19. Says Sunil D’Sa, vice president marketing, Universal India, which is releasing the CD in India. “The song is an original AR Rahman composition. It’s not a patriotic song. It’s just that the timing was right. The other members of SuperHeavy have sung the English lyrics, while Rahman and Jagger sing in English and Sanskrit.” Interestingly, Rahman and Jagger will promote the single on the first day of the third test between India and England at Edgbaston on August 10.  Since Jagger is a huge cricket fan, he and Rahman will join commentators Sunil Gavaskar and Harsha Bhogle for a special session during the lunch break.  Jagger revealed that he had formed the band in May, saying that he ‘wanted a convergence of different musical styles’.  “It’s different from anything else I’ve ever been involved in,” the BBC quoted Jagger as telling Rolling Stone magazine.

Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger has sung in Sanskrit on a new album by a supergroup, called SuperHeavy, which stars Oscar-winning Indian musician AR Rahman and also features Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marley.  Jagger sings Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs), the band’s second single.  SuperHeavy’s album is expected to be released in September.  “The music is very wide-ranging - from reggae to ballads to Indian songs in Urdu,” Jagger said.  The alphabet and vowel system of the Sanskrit language are found in every language of the world because Sanskrit is the first language of the earth planet.
 

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

The Divineness of Sanskrit language is self-evident. You don’t light up a candle to see the sun; just open your eyes and see it. But if you deliberately shut your eyes then how could you see the sun. Scriptures themselves tell about the eternal Divineness of the Sanskrit language and thousands of learned Saints and acharyas have already proclaimed its Divine authenticity. ... No ‘sound shift,’ no change in the vowel system, and no addition was ever made in the grammar of the Sanskrit in relation to the formation of the words. It is in its totally perfect form since it landed on the earth planet with its 52 letter alphabet. As regards its vocabulary, it had abundance of words and its grammar had a capacity of creating any number of new words for a new situation or concept or thing, and the same we have up till today. Its alphabet, vowels and the exacting nature of the pronunciation of the letters and words were all perfect and the same since the very beginning.

Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (Shree Swamiji) :
“Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism”
from “The True History and Religion of India”
Chapter 11: “The Divine language of Bhartiya scriptures”
http://encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/11_the_divineness_of.htm 
http://www.thevedicfoundation.org/the_true_history_and_the_religion_of_india/index.html