संस्कृत : The Mother Of All Language.

वागर्थाविव श्रम्प्रिक्थौ वागर्थ प्रथिपथाये जागता: पिथरौ वन्दे पार्वती परमेश्वरौ - (Kalidasa Raghuvamsha Mahakavyam)


Oh! The parents of the World, Parvathi and Parameshwara, who are inseparable like the word and its meaning, I salute you, to attain expertise in words and their meanings



The very word Sanskrit means refined and complete. Sam (together) krtam (made). Sanskrit is perhaps the oldest living language. All modern languages have etymological roots in sanskrit. Linguistic researches have revealed that all Indo-European languages are rooted in Sanskrit. TheEnglish word 'brother' for instance can be rooted to Sanskit word 'brathara:' and the word mother can be related to the Sanskrit word 'Mathara:' Computer experts find that Sanskrit is the best suited language for programing because words in Sanskrit are instances of pre-defined classes, a concept that drives object oriented programming [OOP] today. For example, in English 'cow' is a just a sound assigned to mean a particular animal. But if you drill down the word 'gau' --Sanskrit for 'cow'-- you will arrive at a broad class 'gam' which means 'to move. From these derive 'gamanam', 'gatih' etc which are variations of 'movement'. All words have this OOP approach, except that defined classes in Sanskrit are so exhaustive that they cover the material and abstract --indeed cosmic-- experiences known to man. So in Sanskrit the connection is more than etymological*

The alphabets in sanskit are called 'Akshara:' which means :'something that cannot die or lose its luster' .(ना शारथी इति अक्षर:). Sanskrit is a refined, pure, rich and an immortal language and one would not be surprised if the technology tomorrow becomes Sanskrit centered....



The words that we often use have Sanskrit connotation:

Here are few examples. This list is just an illustrative list. It is impossible to make an exhaustive list


(Sanskrit word- equivalent English word -Sanskrit meaning )

matar -mother

pitar -Father

bhratar -Brother

svasar- Sister

gyaamti -Geometry -Measuring the Earth

trikomati -Trigonometry -Measuring triangular forms

dvaar- Door

ma- me- First person pronoun

naman -Name

smi -Smile

eka- Equal -the same.