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Kālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy.
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi (15 July 1935 – 11 May 2022), [1] better known as Vagish Shastri, was an Indian scholar of <<<Sanskrit grammar>>>, linguist, tantra and <<<yoga>>>. In 2018, he was awarded the civilian award Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions to literature and education.
Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) began in late Vedic India and culminated in the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini.The oldest attested form of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language as it had evolved in the Indian subcontinent after its introduction with the arrival of the Indo-Aryans is called Vedic.
The Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam) is a five-volume Sanskrit bhashya, or commentary, on the Prasthanatrayi (Prasthānatrayī) - the ten principal Upanishads (Upaniṣads), the Bhagavad Gita (Bhagavadgītā), and the Brahmasutras (Brahmasūtras) - which establishes the principles taught by Swaminarayan as perceived by the BAPS.
Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds of Sanskrit drama. [5] This treatise on grammar provides a feasible date for the beginnings of theatre in India. [5] Kālidāsa in the 4th-5th century CE, was arguably one of ancient India's greatest Sanskrit dramatists.
Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit: व्याकरण, lit. 'explanation, analysis', IPA: [ˈʋjaːkɐrɐɳɐ]) refers to one of the six ancient Vedangas, ancillary science connected with the Vedas, which are scriptures in Hinduism. [1] [2] Vyākaraṇa is the study of grammar and linguistic analysis in Sanskrit language. [3] [4] [5]
The most influential work for the Indian Sanskrit grammatical tradition is the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini, a book of succinct Sūtras that meticulously define the language and grammar of Sanskrit and lay the foundations of what is hereafter the normative form of Sanskrit (and thus, defines Classical Sanskrit). [96]
Sanskrit is taught in many South Asia Studies and/or Linguistics departments in Western universities. In addition to this, it is also used during worship in Hindu temples in the West, being the Hindu liturgical language , and Sanskrit revival attempts are underway amongst expatriate Hindu populations.