Why to Learn A Sanskrit (Sanskrut.)?

Namo Namaha friends! I’m learning Sanskrit since my school days and teaching secondary school students for the last 5 years. During my interaction with students, I have understood a few difficulties while learning and understanding Sanskrit.

We are living in the 21st century where English is established as a language of knowledge and education. But is it really true? In fact, now also, you guys are reading this blog in English just because I wanted to convey a very interesting fact to all of you. Do you know that Sanskrit or to be more precise 'Sanskrut' is the world's one of the most scientific and logically correct language? Yes! it is. Let's see how.

In Sanskrit, we use the sentence structure which is based upon the individual meaning of the word and not on the meaning of entire sentences (Generally, but there are exceptions). Every word has its own form based on some set of rules which has the intent to deliver its meaning. For Nouns and Pro-nouns, we use their respective noun cases. In Sanskrit, we have a total of eight noun cases that are more or less similar to English. We also have singular, dual, and plural forms of each case. So, altogether we have a total of Twenty-four forms of nouns and Twenty-one are of pronouns. Using The Method of Deduction, we search from all these nouns or Pro-noun forms and choose one single word form which delivers the exact intention of that word, regardless of where it has been put in the sentence. That is why in Sanskrut, the ordering of the words (in the majority of sentences) is not so important because though you change it, the sentence will convey the same meaning. Amazing, isn't it!

Consequently, by doing this choices of word forms for every single word form do improve our ability of logical thinking and choice making. It helps us with other disciplines of studies such as Mathematics, Physical Sciences etc. Secondly, the pronunciations of Sanskrit alphabets give our tongue enough flexibility to pronounce the majority of the sounds (alphabets) used in various languages.

There are many more aspects of Sanskrit learning and its benefits that we will see in upcoming articles. Stay tuned. Please do Like, Share, Support, and visit my YouTube channel 'Sanस्कृत'. हरी ॐ।

The author is M.Sc. Physics, a research student at IIT Bombay, a Sanskrit student, and an enthusiast. He does private coaching and group tuitions. You can mail for any association or guidance.