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A British School Makes Sanskrit Compulsory

Nipun Mehta
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In the heart of London, a British school has made Sanskrit compulsory subject for its junior division because it helps students grasp math, science and other languages better.
"This is the most perfect and logical language in the world, the only one that is not named after the people who speak it.  Indeed the word itself means 'perfected language." --Warwick Jessup, Head, Head, Sanskrit department

"The Devnagri script and spoken Sanskrit are two of the best ways for a child to overcome stiffness of fingers and the tongue," says Moss.  "Today's European languages do not use many parts of the tongue and mouth while speaking or many finger movements while writing, whereas Sanskrit helps immensely to develop cerebral dexterity through its phonetics."

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Posted by Nipun Mehta on March 7, 2008
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vijay ashar Mar 7, 2008
It's high time Indians take up the challenge of finding interesting and innovative ways of learning and teaching Sanskrit, and passing on its many benefits to their children. We can take a leaf from Israel's inspiring example of rehabilitating Hebrew, their cultural fountainhead, after more than a 1,000 years of disuse.
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Jean Mar 7, 2008
I am confused. In the article, "Devnagri script and spoken Sanskrit.." I am learning Devnagri script and spoken Hindi, not Sanskrit. Am I missing something here? Most people today speak Hindi, not Sanskrit, right?
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vijay ashar Mar 7, 2008
Hello, Jean. Good you asked the question. Devanagari script is used for both Sanskrit and Hindi. In fact, several other regional languages prevalent in North India (except for the four major South Indian languages)use a script with only minor variations of Devanagari. The word 'Devanagari' for writing in Sanskrit was probably so named precisely because Sanskrit is also called 'Devabhasha'--the language of the gods. It is true that Hindi is spoken in today's India by many more people than Sanskrit, because the British, as colonial masters, deliberately set about to dethrone the esteemed stature of Sanskrit, which they quickly discovered to be the source of cultural pride of Hindu India. But all major regional languages, including South Indian languages (with the possible [...]
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suresh arava Mar 9, 2008
its very nice to see an article about the existence of samskrutam in london. i have no one to spk. if anybody interested to spk sanskrit call me on 07515859287
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Hymavathy.Aduri Mar 11, 2008
Very nice to know the news. We R so proud of it
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Rhona Noronha Mar 13, 2008
The glorious fate of Sanskrit has come full circle... and that too, thanks to a Britisher! If only we Indians will enlighten ourselves and inculcate the love for the language in the younger generations. During my school days in the 1960s we prepared and went through special Hindi certificate exams besides our school exams in Hindi as a subject.... but today there is more emphasis on special science and maths exams and scholarship exams...all excellent. However, learning Sanskrit could improve our techniques of learning,grasping the various rules of grammar,pronounciation and maybe improve our handwriting. I know doing the Hindi exams even though it was not Sanskrit helped me and my children. Our cultural heritage could see a revival also. "Shukriya" Warrick Jessup.
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bhattathiri Apr 27, 2008
Fortunately, the Sanskrit language has given us the word "satsanga", which could be defined as "a body of people who have come together (sanga) to ascertain reality (sat)." The fundamental agreement of such a group, such as the one which has come together to learn Sanskrit, is that "I" am prior to language. I use language to direct my attention to a full appreciation of the beautiful sounds of the Sanskrit language, their harmonies and their organization, as well as the truths expressed through the language. The language that makes this possible is the language of yoga, another gift of Sanskrit. The satsanga agrees upon abhyaasa the selecting and sustained attention upon a single focal point, for example, listening to the sounds of the Sanskrit language. It's also agreed that th [...]
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ganesh Jul 14, 2008
Are you crazy?, when govt made hindi compulsory in Tamil Nadu, there was such an uproar that hindi is till banned :-) .. now if Govt makes sanskrit compulsory ..there will be riots all over India. As Non Hindu will have objection and hindus will stick to the argument of Tammilians.
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badrinath Aug 29, 2008
sanskrit is a mathematical and the most logical language. sanskrit is a must learn language. gayathri mantra is said to be the foundation of indian knowledge and scientifically proved there are 11000 vibration per recitation of gayathri mantra so why not make our knowledge first class!
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LOLZORZ Oct 18, 2008
the bullshit this article pushes stop nowhere. jeez, one thinks that these people (are they even linguists?) would be up to date with IE linguistics.

i won't even comment on hindutva notions of "vedic math" or "perfected languages".

gg people, gg
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Dr. Rajeevan Moothal Mar 21, 2009
Hi,
I am working in Ethiopia as Assistant Professor in geology. I am 36 year old, never got a chance to learn Sansktri. Last one year I was thing of learning our Divine language. Now I have to plan my next vacation to learn this langauge.
This geart to hear for an Indian that world follows us! Even thought they do not credit it to us directly, that is very bad!
Climate change due to global warming can be addressed using the knowledge of Veds and first by learning Sanskrit.

Please let us know about more on this!
Thanks,
Rajeevan.

Dr. Rajeevan Moothal,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of EArth Science,
Mekelle University,
Mekelle,
Ethiopia,
E-mail: seriraj@gmail.com
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alisha Sep 2, 2009

i m looking for jobs after MA in sanskrit outside india kindly help please let know about schools in need of sanskrit teachers

 

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Manjunath Dec 7, 2009

Am very glad to hear this news, see london universities made to things to happen,

Great Indian Language, Be proud to be Indian

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jagadeesha dasappa Mar 27, 2010
 i wanted to tell few things why sanskrit is not popular in india or not using in india by a large section of people. 1) sanskrit was never a language  spoken by common people of india at any part of the period, bcaz  this language was developed from indo-iranian branch later it is called as indo-aryan.(so many people think that sanskrit is the mother of all indian language but it is not true, dravidian is the indigeneous language developed  by the native people in the central and southern part of india) 2) sanskrit somehow associated with brahminical ideology during vedic period and afterwards majority of all the hindus holy scripts written in this language. because  it is called deva bhashe, naturally all the kings who ruled at that time has given importance th [...]
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Mrs.Haimanti Kanjilal(Bhattacharyya) May 29, 2010
I want to teach the students from June2010 to sep 2010.
I am a postgraduate in sanskrit (Veda Gruop).
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Mrs.Haimanti Kanjilal(Bhattacharyya) May 29, 2010
I want to teach the students from June2010 to sep 2010.
I am a postgraduate in sanskrit (Veda Gruop).
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Manohar chenekala Jul 12, 2010
Sanskrit will help people in becoming efficient in remembering things also. it help a lot in improving memory power. especially in children. as every word is formed basing on its need, there is no need to remeber how the word evolved.
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K. Pandey Jul 1, 2011
this a grateful thing about sanskrit, because sanskrit is the oldest language of the world, the all kinds of knowledge like science, advaita spiritualism etc. belongs to this langauge. Many many congratulationsssss
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Shrikant Barve Jul 18, 2011
This information should meet our HRD minister Kapil Sibbal. Medium of Instruction has made headlines in Goa for past 3 months. Some one will write about this to Goan publications like O Herald, The Navhindtimes etc.
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damodara hemmige Oct 24, 2011
Jagadeesha Dasappa, do you still believe in that aryan and dravidan theory even after it was proved scientifically by DNA tests that it was wrong.This was invented by the british to divide south indians from the north indians.In what way sanskrit is linked to caste ? Dear brother, forget your outdated notion and stive for the Hindu Unity.
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Dr.Harekrushna Mishra Nov 27, 2011
It is not astonishing.Britishers are the first westerners who have started reading sanskrit in formal ways. there school children should know it by which they will be benefited and in a long run Sanskritic studies shall be benefited.
Dr. H.Mishra
Assistant Professor
Department of Sanskrit
Visva Bharati University
west Bengal
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Jitender Kumar Jul 2, 2012
Is there any scope and opportunity for sanskrit teacher in U.K.
I m a snskrit teacher with the experience of 6 years
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shwetang Dec 1, 2014
i was studied sanskrit and i need a job.
so is there any opporunity or vacancy of sanskrit teacher out of India.
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JAMES Dec 8, 2014
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sachin shastri Dec 15, 2014
Its good to achieve goal in our life. Sanskrit makes us peaceful and clam. Sanskrit helps us to concentrate mind. I m research schooler of Sanskrit. If you need Sanskrit teacher please inform me.Thanks
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Ashok acharya Mar 23, 2015
i have a sanskrit language, please i required job in sanskrit language.
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shubham sharma Apr 20, 2015
sanskrit hmare jivan me bhaut hi mahtabpurn hai sanskrit se hamari bani me madhurta ati hai
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Dr.sarita dooshi May 4, 2015
I am mphil as well ph d in sanskrit .i speak flawless sanskeit.i have a vast experience in teaching sanskrit language.presently i am involved in organising camps to tha peoples who want to learn and speak sanskrit .i assuare that my wayof teaching sanskrit can make anyone to learn.this language only in 20 days.recently i have started organising online camps also.if there is any need plese let me now.
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JITENDRA MISHRA Aug 5, 2015
नमो नमः सर्वेभ्यः | मूलतया भारतीयो$हम् | प्रवासीसन्नहम् संस्कृताध्यापनं कर्तुम् इच्छामि | अवसरं प्रदाय अनुग्रह्णन्तु भवन्तः |
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vineet sharma Aug 8, 2015
Sir its very good news for us. Sanskrit is a mother of all languages.sir can I apply in your school as Sanskrit teacher.i done my graduation in Sanskrit, post graduation is too in Sanskrit. I done siksha shastri.nd m.phil also
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vineet sharma Aug 8, 2015
I am looking jobs after completing my m.phil outside of India. Kindly help please let know about schools in need of Sanskrit teacher
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Kantilal Parmar Aug 12, 2015
Very pleased to know about Sanskrit, best wishes...
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anoop kumar Oct 16, 2015
shastri
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revathi Dec 11, 2015
good
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g. dhananjaya Jul 30, 2016
it is 100% right.few states in india should feel shame.
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vikram sharma Sep 3, 2016
वन्दे संस्कृतम् , यही आज विश्व की मांग और आवश्यकता है
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vikram sharma Sep 3, 2016
वन्दे संस्कृतम् , यही आज विश्व की मांग और आवश्यकता है
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Mr. Laxmi Shastri Dec 1, 2016
I have done shastri in sanskrit vyakaran and i have been teaching sanskrit since 1993 in high school level and now i want to teach sanskrit in UK.So, if there is any vacancy then plz help me to know about this...
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shailesh kumar sharma Mar 16, 2017
I am student sanskrit m.a.aachary ticher in running my call nmbar 9406953475 any requirement ticher in sanskrit plz call me
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Girish Sharma Jun 21, 2017

namo namah,
My name is Girish Sharma. I am a Indian, and teaching Hindi and Sanskrit as a teacher for the past four years.I have done Hindi m.a. in Hindi and Sanskrit,Apart from this, I have done B.Ed.
Geeta is my favorite subject, on which I writing to my thoughts,
If you give me a chance to teach in your school, it would be an honor for me.thank you(अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि)
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Puneetkumar Sep 4, 2017
संस्कृतम् संसकृति रकषणीयम्
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Anil Rajyaguru May 18, 2018
Sanskrit is vaidik language.sanskrit is Janani of all lang...And I'm Sanskrit teacher in india
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UV Jul 28, 2018
@Jagadeesha Dasappa

You are parrotting what the western indologists and church apologists have fabricated about Sanskrit. Good to see your comments, since the black sheep has revealed itself. Please read Rajvi Malhotra's book - "Battle for Sanskrit", to get clarity about each and every point you have mentioned, which obviously are confused lies.
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ShabariSuneesh Dec 10, 2018
i m shabari suneesh from india ,now I am looking for jobs in british schols for a sanskrit teacher, experience 15 years - Dear all kindly help me for getting suitable job in britan
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Sudani bhargav Mar 31, 2019
Sanskrit is langvege of devs.sanskrit is ancient & interesting langvege . Your idea very nice.i like your idea.
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Ashwini kumar dadhich Apr 18, 2019
I am ashwini dadhich .i am teaching in sanskrit lenguage .i want to teaching in uk , garmany ,sydny
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Arun Kumar Kulkarni Mar 23, 2020
How ill fated Indian community is to ignore and neglect their own sacred Language...! They do it so to register their hatred and protest against Sanatan Brahminism, not knowing that that which is sacred is for all living beings!
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KK Apr 8, 2020
It is very unfortunate that the man who came as an incarnation in India never spoke sanskrit or even hindi but claimed that he came to revitalise vedic system. He did everything opposite to vedic system!
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jasmine Apr 30, 2020
Mr. Jagadeeshappa's comment on Indo-Aryan TAle is absolute nonsense. Aryan civilization is Indian and they used to speak Sanskrit. The West brainwashed the whole world including such average indians to believe this theory,
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B.P. SHARMA May 21, 2021
thanks to carry a old and refine culture forward
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