What is Sanskrita?
Sanskrit is a highly structured language, which is measured, refined and ordered. It is said that Sanskrit is the language of the Gods. Many of the Vedic scriptures and epics have originally been recited and penned down in Sanskrit. For millennia the language has maintained its purity. The meaning of the word itself is ‘perfected ‘or ‘refined’. So the effect on the individual is one of purification.
The laws of creation are embedded in its grammar and it has the power of conveying the truthfully.
Sanskrit literature embodies a comprehensive map of human makeup: spiritual, emotional, mental and physical.
The philosophical literature presents a clearly structured way of understanding our relationship to the rest of creation and lays out guidelines on how to live life well.
In this era of unprecedented change and uncertainty, Sanskrit can be a valuable tool to assess and look afresh at society.
Benefits of Studying Sanskrita
The benefits of studying Sanskrit are innumerable:
- Studying Sanskrit will help you understand ancient Vedic religious texts, verses and other Sanskrit words in their true context, with nothing getting lost in translation.
- Mantra chanting, for example, is based on the principle that the vibrational frequency of the sounds, as they are being uttered, directly transforms the spiritual vibration of the person who is chanting. The sound of Sanskrit has the ability to purify and heal body, mind and spirit, as the sound vibration contained in mantras directly influences the subtle energy vibration of cells and organs, the nervous system and the chakras. Chanting Sanskrit texts creates an inner state of calmness and relaxation.Satyanarayana Dasa, writer, Vaishnava scholar, founder of Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies. Co-authored ‘Sanskrit Non-Translatables’ with Rajiv Malhotra.
- Scientists have put forward a theory that memorising ancient Sanskrit mantras could increase the size of brain regions associated with cognitive function.Dr James Hartzell, a postdoctoral researcher at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, in Spain; a Guest Researcher at the Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences at University of Trento, in Italy, and a Consultant for the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, in New York.
- It is also highly suitable for artificial intelligence systems.The Panini-Backus Form in Syntax of Formal Languages by T.R.N. Rao, PhD.