Celebration of World Sanskrit Day, 2026

Very [music] very good afternoon to everyone. With your kind permission, let us begin today's program with a mangala shar. I'd like to request our faculty member professor to sing the mangadash. childhood. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Shank. for Suka. Thank you so much. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome our honorable person chair professor Rajendas and our distinct guest Dr. Surasa former head of the department of Sanskrit Kon College along with all the esteemed faculty member research scholar participant present her on this auspicious occasion. Sanskrit al often referred as dabani the language of the gods is not merely a language belonging to the past it is a living respiratory of India's past first intellectual philosophical scientific literary and artistic heritage our responsibility today is not merely to remember this heritage but also to understand explore and transmit it to future generation we must ensure that the light of sit continues to illuminate the path of knowledge inspiring generation with it loy beauty richness and timeless wisdom. On this special occasion we are privileged to have with us professor Muktish madam former professor and head of the department of sanskhati university as our distinguished guest speaker. Madam will deliver an economic term on importance of Sanskrit language and its modern relevance. Now I would like to request our honorable financer sir professor Raj Rajendra Pashantas to kindly welcome our guest speaker professor Muttab Vishwas Madame Fulam Kamusa and PL and book as a token of love and respect. >> [applause] [applause] >> Now I respectfully request our honorable officer Rajendra to kindly for his welcome to There's only [clears throat] >> uh thank you. Uh good afternoon everybody. Uh it's indeed a matter of great pleasure for all of us that uh today our Sanskrit department is has organized this program of world sanskrit day. On this occasion we have a renowned scholar professor retired professor department of university. I welcome you madam to this program. I also welcome professor university to this program. I welcome all the faculty members uh and research who are present here on this occasion. The thing which uh has been identified by the organizers that importance of Sanskrit language and its modern relevance is very interesting. But uh I believe that relance of sanskrit uh in the present context is has become so important that uh we have never thought of uh in our time we had considered that it is a very difficult language but still it was compulsory particularly since I am from a state where sanskrit It was compulsory for us. At least for 3 years we have read Sanskrit and because of Sanskrit I could read Hindi letters otherwise it would have been very difficult for some of us to read Hindi as well as Sanskrit. But when we come to this uh importance of language now it is not only important for us it is for everyone in the world. uh particularly as Indian uh if we uh look at Sanskrit [clears throat] and its contribution for development of different literature whether it is weather or any other parita or any other scripture which was developed in the ancient days. It all came in Sanskrit. We do not know weather or anything about our past because we do not know such details. Those who know it they they are aware of it and they are uh they many of them because of that awareness they feel perfect human being because ultimately if you do not know Sanskrit you are not perfect. But how do we know suskrit from the childhood? Many things which are there uh in Veda for for example different Vedas are so informative so knowledgeable once you know it you become so knowledgeable but it is only valuable and today in the present context the particular the present government the importance which has been given to Sanskrit and The way the things are happening today in the at the government level at NASPA and the same thing is happening as uh more bodies in America the way the companies going about the our culture our ethos our value system our language Sanskrit in particular it's something if you watch those things if you read those things you feel that had we being also acquainted with Sanskrit like English, English is not our mother tongue but we became almost uh uh knowledgeable, competent in English even if it is not our own mother language but we could not do that in case of Sask. So I wish that Many of us could have been knowledgeable, could have a deep knowledge of Sanskrit from our childhood. But now it is very difficult, very difficult uh to learn this language. But at least I sometimes feel that when we are getting old and hard times we should because of our past training in the class 8 9th and 10 we can try to read Sanskrit like puranas and whatever is available in Sanskrit to pass the retirement time and to be knowledgeable And to because you know we return people are required to address the gathering like this gathering like this. Whenever a person speaks Sanskrit today, people feel he's the most knowledgeable person and most respectable person. And nowadays a fashion has become with due respect to madam a fashion has been seen among the speakers that with every address with every uh you know gathering like this they in their uh address they make sit as component of their address and people think that is a very knowledgeable person. Sometimes it is contextual, sometimes it may not be contextual. But people bring something from Sanskrit and they say that because you know it has so happened that we feel that is unknown to us and sometimes certain things which they moment you listen you feel Perhaps we know that we could have been perfect human being. So as a team on this world day I uh congratulate each one of you. Even I also congratulate myself that we are from a country where perhaps we claim that Sanskrit was originated from from our country that a different opinion but it is a language uh which must be known to everyone and it is a language if it is perfectly spoken [clears throat] can understand at least you can guess that what is the discussion going on and on this great day we have with us Professor Mis and I'm sure that our deliberation will be very insightful for each one of us. Madam I welcome you to this. Thank you. [applause] Thank you so much for your insightful and inspiring. You are always giving us inspiration to work. So now it is our privilege to introduce our Distinguished day speaker professor mutishwas professor mutishwas former professor head of the department of scans goachi university completed her m and bd in science from university and was awarded three gold meds for securing the highest marks in the this subject. Madame has an extensive academic and research career. She has al also been actively involved in various research project and has published around 70 research articles in national and international journals. She has authored several important books including chanka yoga epistemology Indian philosophical wisdom some glimpses flora and fauna in indological studies and uponish habador son of manapatava among others under her supervision 18 scholars have obtained PhD and degree Professor Visas madam has participated in various national and international conference and conferences and has visited countries including Thailand, Canada and Bangladesh as a invited speaker. She's also the recipient of the prestigious Javahala Nehuru Memorial Prize conquered by the Javahala Nehuru Memorial Trust New Delhi in recognition of her excellence in the field of research in Indian philosophy. At present madame is actively associated with various academic and policym activities of educational institution across the state. Beyond her academic contribution, Professor Madame has also associated with Assam Sisuan Shadupari Guhati an institution working for orphan and underprivileged children. As its president, she has been contributing to the noble cause of supporting their education and improving their lives. With such an impressive academic career and a deep commitment to education, research and social work, we are truly honored to have Madame. Now I humbly request madame to kindly give her madame. Honorable Vice Chancellor Rajendra all the faculty members not all many of the faculty members of this university the members of the department of Sanskrit government univers sorry the KK Hendrix state open University Dr. Professor Shueshwara from Cotton University and other research scholars who are present here. It's really a proud privilege and honor for me to be here to say a few words or share my views with you all. I am thankful to the organizers especially the Dr. Indi data for inviting me and all other or members of the organization. So actually professor what professor D has said on this special day it inspires us. We the people we are faculty members of Sanskrit we are really inspired by you sir because I shall tell in my delivery shell what is the reason for downfall of sript why it has come to this position that people say that this is a dead language so from s's speech we are really inspired so today we have assembled here to celebrate the world Sanskrit day. This is the actually Sanskrit day is celebrated every year in the month of Sraana that the full moon day of the month of Sra. The last Saturday uh Friday was the sabra. But there is a provision that we can celebrate it within a week. So that's why today the organizers have they have selected this day for their convenience and we are assembled here. So it is customary to say a few words on the to say a few words in Sanskrit on this special day. So I shall speak a few words. Many of you are not from Sanskrit background. Even then it is customary. So after that I shall tell you. So for Sanskrit devotra. for devotion. Chhatra samaihatch. Sanskrit. able. Sanskrit I am sorry. Japanese [clears throat] to Hindi. Sorry. Hindi. foreign. for so the Sanskrit the importance of Sanskrit what I want to say that Sanskrit is not a language only. It was the medium of learning and mode of communication in our days. Nowadays you will see that in engineering college in engineering faculty in especially in higher education you will see that all communications are happening or going on through the medium of English. All books are written in English. Though these are the technical terms, these are used in the languages in in earlier days. All these were written in Sansk. So all medical these were all written the medical sciences were there. The other physics, chemistry, all these things were written in such. So that is not a just a language. This is a ve this is a medium of learning. So everything at that time everything was recorded in suspect. So the important suspect as the language of Indian literature is all the more great because it is this language this Indian cultural values are recorded India's values that means there are in ancient times there were four civilization all of all of you know it the past civilization there were the four civilization one was the Mesopotan civilization near the cy Euphrates. >> Euphrates. >> Euphrates river just near by the then the Mishian civilization near by the river Nile. Then the Chinese civilization by the river of the side of the Yango and the last one is the Indian civilization the industrial civilization. So all these four among those four civilizations these three are already abolished only Indian civilization is surviving. What was the reason? The reason is that they have invasion. So many invasion, political because of some political pressure and all those civilizations are already demolished or abolished and on that there is the new culture, new civilization. But Indian civilization, India civilizations also faced so many problems. There were invasions. The sha hoon bugals all of them they have invaded India. Even then Indian civilization is salvaged. In 1832 in British parliament said that if we cannot demolish the values and culture of India we will not be able to survive in this. We cannot uh capture them. We cannot rule in this country unless and until we demolish their values and culture because they are very rich in their culture. So after that they have introduced English as the medium of instructions. So gradually this the downfall of Sanskrit has started. instead of susting everything is at that time it was going on in English and that was the downfall started at that time. So later on some impositions were there. I shall tell you that it is a dead language we cannot. So one German indologist he said that Sanskrit has a claim to be ranked among the great world literature with regard to scope and variety of subject matter accuracy and depth of thought and and polish of expression. Noble laonar tagor once said the eternal soul of India has its refuse only in sassy. People can penetrate the supreme spirit of this land only through the sacred path of sex. In Indian constitution article number 351 it has been said that most of the words used in Hindi the official language Hindi is not the rash bhasha it is the raja bhasha and the official language of our nation should be taken from sans 60% words should be incorporated in hindi language taken from sans that that was the verdict of the Supreme Court. Many a time Sanskrit is spoken as the dead language. So it must be understood that I also heard from my childhood that Sanskrit is a dead language. Who said from since when people say that it is a dead language? A dead means which does not have any existence which cannot function anyway. But Sanskrit, how can you say that Sanskrit is a dead language? It is still functioning. A subject is said to be dead when it ceases to exert organic influence on the people on the language of the land. But still in all our regional languages even your university that what is the use of these terms are used all these terms government is terms words are using these are all sans Why you have chosen is a sanskrit term. We are maximum when we are using our we do not we overlook all these things but in a sentence you will find two three four words are all Sanskrit words. So it's it's still functioning because for See this is the this is uned I uned's comment. So when regarding that language I'm telling you that when there was the question of talking computer arises at that time there was the survey all over the world that which language should be the perfect language for computer because computer is an insensible tool. It will receive what you will tell. So it will all these things the phonetically and grammatically everything should be correct then it will receive. So after surveying all the languages just see if you can use the English word English language for computer you will see that the color the term color the what how the computer will receive it whether it will write in C or in K color can be K you can use A you can use C. Then you are using the term philosophy. Philosophy not using if computer will write F is not wrong. It is an insensible machine. So what you will say it will receive and then you will write in that way. So in but in Sanskrit language that there is particularly difference between the So such a scientific language phonetically grammatically. So that's why the after surveying all these things all the expert of the phonetics expert of the computer experts they have just made the conclusion that Sanskrit is the only scientific language which can be incorporated in for using the talking computer. So this is not my version you will see in the in the Google you will find it. So that this is a even APJ Abdul Kalam he also said that the for the computing mathematics algorithm hope no one is here from mathematics department algorithm for using the algorithm the Sanskrit is the most effective subject by language. So regarding the that language nowadays even today daily newspaper is coming out from Karnataka the name is Sudharma. Sudharma is the paper. One village is there in Andhra Pradesh it name is Bur. All the people of that village they speak in Sanskrit language. And don't underestimate that this village is a very underprivileged village. In each houses almost in every houses you will find a software engineer there. But their communication all the farmers all the sellers the qualified persons all of them speak in Sanskrit language. So in that way this is a living language. Then in today itself that job many of you you are doing joo and nowadays joo is not a unknown to anyone. So joo is an uh this movement. We can say joo is a movement. Every day at early in the morning we perform jo. So ja its root is sastic. In Indian philosophy you will get the six Indian schools of Indian philosophy sanko yoga vangu. So that potangjalist yoga philosophy where he has mentioned all the psychological and our mental for our enrichment it is needed. Jo is to partner. But after a long time our eyes opened and from 2014 onwards when we have celebrated the job as the international day of yoga from then onwards job's importance has come and the Sanskrit. So this is that is the reason why people they stay like this. Many times Sanskrit is said as religious language. It's a very very common word. It's a religious performance religious language. Why Sanskrit is Christian home orphan home only few days I gave one daughter she was born and brought up there she totally orphan So we marry of that god. So at that time in Islamist culture there is a shami. So I actually religious purp. So maybe Then why this is the one dead language. It is the religious language. Government of India to Supreme Court regarding the importance of Sanskrit. Our values, our culture, we are Sanskrit is very much needed. So it is given there. So far as we the people are concerned they have always held it high as in the cultural heritage of this ancient land and to forail our views learning of Sanskrit is undoubtedly necessary for protection of this heritage. The stream of culture would be dried if we were to discourage the study of So that was the at present national education policy we take talk about India knowledge system which encompass a vast repository of indigenous wisdom including sciences spirituality art literature philosophy and play a significant role in shaping Indian society and culture. So these knowledge traditions deeply rooted any Indian knowledge system. It is deeply rooted in Vedas, in the in the Ramayano, Mahabharata and other scriptures. Without going through it, you cannot be able to have any idea about our Indian knowledge system. A number of nation. So in western countries they are pursuing. So Germany is called the second state of the second country of Sanskrit. So in that way there are so many countries they are even today they are pursuing Sanskrit. Next slide please. So that is a general impression. a general impression that Sanskrit is related with the Indian culture and civilization. You know so that Indians in ancient times made tremendous progress in art, literature, philosophy and all we know it but however in the field of science and technical knowledge India's contribution was by no means negligible. So in the there is a however in the recent research has brought to light that India made remarkable contribution in the field of science and technology in the rig in the Bajoshi Shamita it is also connected with Vedas there are references to me mechanical devices and the Mahavarat also speaks of number of gem thrust even in ashasto you will get number of bagels, number of jundros which were used at that time. Scotia's autotoshasio speaks of two varieties of junro. One is the static, [music] another one is the candid and also other kinds such as automatic do. Nowadays we are using the automatic dose at that time in ancient times 5,000 years back at that time there was the automatic do system was there at that time. Then in the middle there is the reference to the artificial thigh. So at that time in the Oshin brothers the this where the metal was so powerful during that period early period. The scientific literature in Sanskrit available to us is quite extensive and elaborate which underlies the relevance of studying Sanskrit in modern time. This is the reason why we have I have given the title that it's modern relevance nowadays also if you many things are unexplored. So if we can keep into all these things. So all these subjects this chemistry, medical science, veterinary science, burology, botani, chemistry, physics, mathematics, all those the science of warfare, archery, art and architecture including structure, sculpture, painting, iconography and so on. All these subjects are covered by the you will get everything there. Just for a uh glimpse, I have just showing the uh Sanskrit role of Sanskrit in whatever the plant size will only s of the slides. So the knowledge of plant kingdom is reflected in the ancient world. You will be surprised to know that what our ancient botonist they have said in 100 BC paraso was the botonist and he wrote the brisho. So what you will get in 100 BC the next in American scientist Dixon and all even Jadesh Chandra he state that plant has life and all the world was astonished at that time that plant has got life but in the Mahabharat in 7th century BC you will see that in the Mahabarat there are number of slogos are there I have not cited here all these number of slopes are there that trees have life. So I don't know sometimes my son my my son asked me ma whether that at that time also there was plarism I don't know whether he has taken it or from how it happens I don't know all all these things so the knowledge of rich plant kingdom is reflected in the ancient parts like ringedu right next there are references that agriculture horiculture Sylvi culture were greatly developed in India during the Vic period. The science of botani on which all these applied sciences were based was known as Brishai. This is also called the vehic and the brickshaya of shrial of 11th century that that the brickshay weather aon plants what I just now say a work on plants by saints porasar who belong to 100 BC is one of the most significant ancient works of so another ancient works of it is available nowadays parash book is not available but Shuropal's book Brickshai it is written in 11th century AD so this is available nowadays also the original text is in the British museum but from there the photocopies have been taken and the books have been published one Sag one lady she madame sadly has written compiled it's not written she has just edited [clears throat] The book next in a shastra plant size is referred in the name of Gulmo. So it is mentioned in the shastra that officer designated as Gulmo biki botonist was appointed to look after the plantation of trees and bushes. So at that time in coronous brickshai you will find that the classification of the trees are there. One is the physiology on the basis of physiology on the basis of ecology and on the basis of taxonomy. The trees are identified in uh in modern class book of you will find this class just this classification. So in the riga also categorized those morphological characters on the basis of the morphological characters all these are uh written in the brick uh read that is some are called the brick show some are called the broommo allos are not the big trees some are the broi which are the creepers they are called the broi somei Some creepers they climb the trees but some creepers just in the surface of the ground. So these are called the proton. So in that way the classification is systemic accounts of plants are found to be mentioned in the Mahabharat in the Gita in the machano also the scondo the mahashaka shaka on shaka the branches of the trees are mentioned very elaborately the leaves leaves are also classified as epopro BRO three is the build is the three. So from there you will get they have classified all these things some are the in the at the time of convocation. This is the shaktapo. From the shaktaporo tree they give one leaf to the snat. This is their customs that the shaktaporo tree is that five leaves uh seven leaves are there. Rasho regarding the kosho the cell the plant cell our 1665 just see in modern era Robert who 1665 AD revealed that plants contain compartments that is sell that was given by in 100 BC that rash in that landset that Robert look in modern books in 1665 AD. These are all recorded things. Similar references they are also found in the Mahabharat. It is said that plants are endowed with the sensibilities of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, touching and feelings of joys and sorrow. So there are so many these locos are there. It may be mentioned here that scientist Aaraju in 20th century. I am telling you about 100 BC uh 200 BC sorry 2 century BC Mahabharata Mahabharata is in 2nd century BC. So at that time in Mahabharat it has been said that plants have life and chandra in 20th century on the basis of a scientific experiment revealed that trees have life and the whole world was astonished on knowing this because this has not come out these were not revealed the mahabharat's statements so it is surprising to know that what jawadesh chandra bushu said in the year 1900 100 was known to the seers of ancient times. So in that way sir there are number of things I shall not it will be I don't want to extend more time your valuable time you have given such a valuable time for us so thank you so much sir for hearing for thank you all of you [applause] >> thank you madam professor former of department forly accepting our invitation and delivering such an insightful talk on importance of Sanskrit language and its modern elements and madam your uh words have uh enriched our understanding on of significance and contemporary releance of Sanskrit and then before we continuing I I would like to express my sincere gratitude to for this guest and all the faculty members for this presence here for your valuable time and attention and uh also I would like to express my gratitude to Actis and Multimedia brands for necessary uh technical and multimedia support. Finally, thank you. Thank you to all for making this program truly faithful. Thank you. >> Thank you.