[INDOLOGY] Divine origin of Sanskrit

[Nagaraj Paturi]

>  but this does not mean that is has a divine origin

-- thanks for this highly discerning statement, Prof. Bronkhorst.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:57 PM Johannes Bronkhorst via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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> 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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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


Senior Director, IndicA
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
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BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership
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FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
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