[INDOLOGY] prākrit a classical language

Sun Nov 10 17:06:58 UTC 2024

https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-conferring-status-of-classical-language-to-marathi-pali-prakrit-assamese-and-bengali-languages/#:~:text=The%20Union%20Cabinet%20chaired%20by,Prakrit%2C%20Assamese%20and%20Bengali%20languages
.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
approved to confer the status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali,
Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The Classical Languages serve as a
custodian of Bharat’s profound and ancient cultural heritage, embodying the
essence of each community’s historical and cultural milestone.

*Point Wise Detail & Background:*

*.......................... ...........................
.................................... *A proposal from the Maharashtra
Government in 2013 was received in the Ministry requesting Classical
Language status to Marathi, which was forwarded to the LEC. The LEC
recommended Marathi for Classical Language. During the inter-ministerial
consultations on the draft note for cabinet in 2017 for conferring
classical status to the Marathi language, MHA advised to revise the
criteria and make it stricter. PMO vide its comment stated that the
Ministry may conduct an exercise to find out how many other languages are
likely to become eligible.

In the meantime, proposal from Bihar, Assam, West Bengal was also received
for conferring status of Classical Language to Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and
Bengali.

Accordingly, Linguistics Experts Committee (under Sahitya Akademi) in a
meeting on 25.07.2024, unanimously revised the criteria as below. Sahitya
Akademi has been appointed as nodal agency for the LEC.

i. High antiquity of (its) is early texts/recorded history over a period of
1500- 2000 years.

ii. A body of ancient literature/texts, which is considered a heritage by
generations of speakers.

iii. Knowledge texts, especially prose texts in addition to poetry,
epigraphical and inscriptional evidence.

iv. The Classical Languages and literature could be distinct from its
current form or could be discontinuous with later forms of its offshoots.

The committee also recommended following languages to be fulfilling revised
criteria to be considered as a Classical Language.

I. Marathi

II. Pali

III. Prakrit

IV. Assamese

V. Bengali

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 10:32 PM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Marathi was also awarded the status of a classical (abhijāta) language by
> the Modi government.
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 8:23 AM Andrew Ollett via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Herman,
>>
>> Unfortunately I could find no more information than what was posted on
>> the PM's website:
>>
>>
>> https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-conferring-status-of-classical-language-to-marathi-pali-prakrit-assamese-and-bengali-languages/
>>
>> This only says: "In the meantime, proposal from Bihar, Assam, West Bengal
>> was also received for conferring status of Classical Language to Pali,
>> Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali."
>>
>> I do not think we will ever see the proposal(s). But I would be very
>> surprised if international actors were involved in any capacity other than
>> providing support or evidence for the proposals (which, this announcement
>> leads me to believe, need to be submitted by a state government).
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 9:57 AM Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear List members,
>>> In a mail I have received today from the* Prākrit Times International* students
>>> of Prākrit are informed that the Indian government has accorded that
>>> language the status of "classical language". I just wonder if this is
>>> indeed an act of the Indian government only. If I remember well, at the
>>> time in the case of Tamil thanks to the efforts of G.L. Hart the Unesco had
>>> been involved as well. Do we have to do with two parallel developments, one
>>> national, the other international?
>>> Herman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Herman Tieken
>>> Stationsweg 58
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stationsweg+58+%0D%0A+2515+BP+Den+Haag+%0D%0A+The+Netherlands?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stationsweg+58+%0D%0A+2515+BP+Den+Haag+%0D%0A+The+Netherlands?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> 2515 BP Den Haag
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stationsweg+58+%0D%0A+2515+BP+Den+Haag+%0D%0A+The+Netherlands?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stationsweg+58+%0D%0A+2515+BP+Den+Haag+%0D%0A+The+Netherlands?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> The Netherlands
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Stationsweg+58+%0D%0A+2515+BP+Den+Haag+%0D%0A+The+Netherlands?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> 00 31 (0)70 2208127
>>> website: hermantieken.com
>>>
>>> *The Aśoka Inscriptions: Analysing a corpus*, New Delhi: Primus Books,
>>> 2023.
>>>
>>> https://primusbooks.com/ancient/the-asoka-inscriptions-analysing-a-corpus-by-herman-tieken/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> INDOLOGY mailing list
>> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> INDOLOGY mailing list
> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
>

-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
Dean, IndicA
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20241110/c696b79f/attachment.htm>