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To: An_Indian

What little I have studied of Sanskrit was kind of amazing. Seems like I already knew about 1/3 of it, it is familiar somehow, like we still speak it to a degree, even in English, although I don't know if Sanskrit was ever an actual commonly spoken language.


15 posted on 10/31/2006 3:30:51 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA)
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To: RightWhale
Sanskrit is the language used in writing all the Hindu scriptures. Sanskrit is believed to be the language of the Gods in Hinduism. So it was spoken language, maybe with slight variations from region to region. There is still some regions in India that completely converse in Sanskrit.

From Wikipedia:

Sanskrit is spoken natively by the population in Mattur village in central Karnataka. Inhabitants of all castes learn Sanskrit starting in childhood and converse in the language. Even the local Muslims speak and converse in Sanskrit. Historically, the village was given by king Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire to Vedic scholars and their families. People in his kingdom spoke Kannada and Tuluva.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit

16 posted on 10/31/2006 3:39:21 PM PST by An_Indian
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