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Sanskrit is one of the 22 official languages in India. [12] In 2010, Uttarakhand became the first state in India to have Sanskrit as its second official language. [13] In 2019, Himachal Pradesh became the second state to have Sanskrit as the second official language. [14] There are 2,360,821 total speakers of Sanskrit in India, as of 2011. [15]
Sanskrit as one of official languages of India. [1] Sanskrit revival, attempts at reviving the Sanskrit language. [2] [3] Non-educational institutions across the world with Sanskrit mottos; Renaming of cities in India to Sanskrit origin, for decolonisation. [4] Symbolic usage of Sanskrit; Sanskrit Wikipedia, launched in 2011. [5]
Sanskrit was a spoken language in the educated and the elite classes, but it was also a language that must have been understood in a wider circle of society because the widely popular folk epics and stories such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, the Panchatantra and many other texts are all in the Sanskrit language. [121]
Rishis are considered the original source of Sanskrit literature, hence Shravani Purnima is celebrated as Rishi Parv and World Sanskrit Day. [2] This day was chosen because the academic year in ancient India started on this day. On this day, students started the study of Vedas in the gurukulas.
Sanskrit plays were very popular and were staged in ancient times all over India. Now the only surviving ancient Sanskrit drama theatre is Koodiyattam, which is preserved in Kerala by the Chakyar community. This form of Sanskrit drama is thought to be at least 2000 years old and is one of the oldest living theatrical traditions in the world.
Sanskrit is taught in many South Asia Studies and/or Linguistics departments in Western universities. In addition to this, it is also used during worship in Hindu temples in the West, being the Hindu liturgical language, and Sanskrit revival attempts are underway amongst expatriate Hindu populations.
The gradual disuse of Latin opened an uneasy transition period as more and more works were only accessible in local languages. Many national European languages held the potential to become a language of science within a specific research field: some scholars "took measures to learn Swedish so they could follow the work of [the Swedish chemist] Bergman and his compatriots."
The text's original language was likely Sanskrit. Though the text is now known as Panchatantra, the title found in old manuscript versions varies regionally, and includes names such as Tantrakhyayika, Panchakhyanaka, Panchakhyana and Tantropakhyana. The suffix akhyayika and akhyanaka mean "little story" or "little story book" in Sanskrit. [23]