संस्कृतम् as a mass communication language..

Though it is listed as one of India’s 22
“scheduled” languages but it is not widely
spoken in India except for its use in
religious setting and mantras. The language
is used in the religious services of Hindus,
Jainis and Buddhists. Sanskrit is also the
second official language of Uttarakhand.
Many a times Sanskrit is regarded as a dead
language and not a common man’s spoken
language in India. Perhaps it ceased to be
spoken some thousands of years ago but its
connection with religion has kept it alive. It
was proposed that to preserve the language
of Vedic origin, it should be made
compulsory in schools and colleges. But
probably this is quiet an impossible task to
do, as various political parties will have
different opinion on the same and some may
not be in the favor of this. If possible we can
make it our national language if not the
official language of India. Other ways to
popularize it should be found out.
Arguments in favour to make Sanskrit as a
National language state that for any
language to be a national language it must
have born and developed in the country and
Sanskrit is that language.
National language of the country should be
close to the culture of the nation, which
Sanskrit is.
Moreover you cannot identify it with any
particular region or city so it is national in
nature.
Then most of the languages in India have
been born out of Sanskrit, so it is the
mother of almost al

There is sufficient evidence available today
to say that Sanskrit is the oldest language
of the world.
Among the current languages which
possess a hoary antiquity like Latin or
Greek, Sanskrit is the only language which
has retained its pristine purity. It has
maintained its structure and vocabulary even
today as it was in the past.
Sanskrit is a language for humanity and
not merely a means for communication
within a society. The oldest surviving
literature of the world, viz. the Vedas,
encompass knowledge in virtually every
sphere of human activity. The fact that many
profound principles relating to human
existence were given expression through
Sanskrit, continue to amaze those who
study Sanskrit. A Sanskrit Scholar
understands the world better than most
others.
Sanskrit is the classical language of India
that has been used for thousands of years
as the language of religion and scholarship,
and is still so used today. The Sanskrit
language and its literature represent a
continuous cultural tradition from the time
of the Vedas in the second millennium B.C.
down to the present.
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