Sanskrit Language

Origin of science, knowledge, mathematics rooted in Sanskrit: JP Nadda

Asserting that Sanskrit is intertwined with Indian culture, BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that his party is a protector of the ancient language and is working to promote it. Addressing the 'Utkarsh Mahotsav' organised by the Central Sanskrit University, Nadda said the BJP ideologically stands with Sanskrit, and that the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave no effort to promote Indian traditions and culture. He claimed the origin of science, knowledge, mathematics and philosophy is rooted in the language. India is unmatched in the world due to its culture, Nadda said.

IIM-A stands behind new logo design despite opposition from faculty

The faculty has raised concerns on two new logo designs being approved without proper consultation

'Decoding' the Bhagavadgita

Book review of The Bhagavad Gita for Millennials

A timeless language

Science and technology may be able to do what the arts could not for Sanskrit

Nation proud: PM Modi on Indian-origin New Zealand MP's oath in Sanskrit

PM Modi hailed Indian-Origin New Zealand MP Dr Gaurav Sharma, who created history by becoming the first parliamentarian of Indian origin in the south Pacific nation to take oath in Sanskrit

On Sanskrit Day, PM thanks everyone involved in promoting, using language

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked everyone involved in promoting, teaching and using Sanskrit language

AIR to broadcast its first-ever 'News Magazine' programme in Sanskrit

The programme titled, 'Sanskrit Saptahiki', will air from Saturday onwards and will be of 20 minutes duration

Punyakoti: Old tale turned into 1st full length animation film in Sanskrit

Seven years ago, Ravishankar Venkateswaran heard a story from a colleague during a bus ride near Bengaluru. Obsessed with it, he released the film online on March 25, 2020 in US and Canada

We should not ignore Sanskrit's troubled history

Divest your resources so that these Universities can be run independently and professionally

The language of Delhi

Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi

Uttarakhand stations to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on railway signboards

Sanskrit was made the second official language of Uttarakhand in 2010 during the chief ministership of Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

HRD minister tables Bill in Lok Sabha to set up central Sanskrit varsities

The three Sanskrit deemed universities that will be converted into central universities

Hyphenating language and religion: Protests push Sanskrit back into shell

The popular perception of Sanskrit being a language of religion has only become more entrenched by the protests at BHU, writes Amrita Singh

BHU row: Priyanka backs appointment of Muslim professor in Sanskrit dept

BSP president Mayawati too on Thursday blamed the government for the controversy, saying education and politics of religion or caste cannot be linked.

Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age

Richard Eaton employs rich empirical detail to demonstrate that intellectual encounters between the Sanskrit and Persian worlds were not tied to any one religion and that the two were not hostile

Letters: Rethink stance

With reference to the report, "Karunanidhi gives veiled threat to Centre on Sanskrit" (June 13), the Sanskrit versus non-Sanskrit debate is not new.The Centre's inclination towards imposing this language on states certainly carries an element of coercion. But the outright opposition to Sanskrit by some political leaders in south India is also unwarranted. Article 51A of the Constitution makes it a fundamental duty of every citizen of India to preserve the rich heritage of our "composite culture". According to the constitutional expert late D D Basu, the foundation of this composite culture is Sanskrit language. This is attested by the Supreme Court ruling in the "Santosh Kumar and Others versus The Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development" (1994) case. In it the apex court observed that "though the people of this country differed in a number of ways, they all were proud to regard themselves as participants in a common heritage; and that heritage emphatically is the heritage of