[INDOLOGY] Divine origin of Sanskrit

[Johannes Bronkhorst]

I also would be happy (and surprised) to see references to a divine origin of Sanskrit. It is true that Sanskrit is daivī vāk (Bhartṛhari) “divine language” or “language of the gods”, but this does not mean that is has a divine origin. In Brahmanical circles, at least since Kātyāyana and Patañjali, Sanskrit is eternal and has no origin at all.

 Johannes Bronkhorst

 


> On 27 Jul 2022, at 13:36, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> George Cardona has a 1990 paper, "On Attitudes Towards Language in Ancient India" that might be helpful. It was published as #15 of the Sino-Platonic Papers from the Department of Oriental Studies at UPenn. I can dig up a PDF as needed.
> 
> Best,
> Dave
> --
> David Buchta, PhD
> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
> Department of Classics
> Brown University
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:08 AM Gruenendahl, Reinhold <gruenen at sub.uni-goettingen.de <mailto:gruenen at sub.uni-goettingen.de>> wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> I would be very grateful for any references to the concept of a divine origin of Sanskrit in primary and/or secondary literature.
> 
> 
> 
> With thanks in advance
> 
> and best wishes
> 
> Reinhold Grünendahl
> 
> 
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