Sanskrit: Loss of the language of love

Authors

  • Satendra Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Srashti Srivastava Assistant Professor, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Sanskrit, Language Lost, Love’s Language Lost

Abstract

The appearance of modern Indian languages marks the transition from the ancient to the middle ages in Indian History. They became the media of literature and the instruments of medieval thought. It is true that Sanskrit continued to be cultivated but with the downfall of Hindu principalities and the drying up of the sources of patronage, its importance rapidly diminished. It now became the language of orthodox religious literature and of philosophy but the days of its glory seems to be over. The cultural waves which began to sweep the country from the 12th century onwards left the rivers of Sanskrit dry and flowed through new ways. In spite of all setbacks, Sanskrit still commands the homage of the people and exercised a deep influence over the growth of new languages and literature but for the expression of living experience and thought its usefulness had ceased. Its Apabrahmsha form took over the lead gradually.

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Published

2017-03-13

How to Cite

Mishra, S. K., & Srivastava, S. (2017). Sanskrit: Loss of the language of love. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 3(2), 92–99. Retrieved from https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/article/view/207

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2: March 2017

Section

Research Articles
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