Our Mother Tongue: 108 Facts about Sanskrit

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There is a great revival of interest in the Sanskrit language. In India, this revival is due to the realization that our ancient heritage has come down to us through the medium of Sanskrit; that almost all our languages owe their being, either...

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Fact 4 – Sanskrit of the Vedas (Vedic Sanskrit) is not very different from Classical Sanskrit

Fact 3 – Sanskrit of the Vedas (Vedic Sanskrit) developed into Classical Sanskrit

Fact 38 – Yāska was the greatest etymologist of our Mother Tongue

Fact 26 – There is an amazing amount of literature in Sanskrit

Fact 2 – It is possible that the people of the Indus Valley civilization spoke Sanskrit

Sanskrit Fact 1 - Sanskrit is 6000 years old or older