A group of monks asked the Buddha whether we should use Sanskrit for preaching. The Buddha replied, "Don't bring that language near my religion." Instead, the Buddha suggested that must use Prakrit, respecting regional differences(Janapada nirukthi). The Buddha was a man who knew Sanskrit very well, so he must have said that story for a good reason.
Sinhalese here - Im always surprised so many mainland Indians are often surprised or outright dont even know our Sinhala language which was called Elu Prakrit back then is super old (over 2600+ years old with oldest inscription in Brahmi elu Prakrit ~600bc). We are even mentioned in the Mahabharatha lol
@@simantsoren1120 The king of Siṃhala had taken part in the sacrifice Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 12). The Kṣatriyas of Siṃhala gave Yudhiṣṭhira, Chrysoprases, pearls and such other wealth of the sea as present. The people of Siṃhala wore clothes studded with jewels. They were of dark complexion with eyes the ends of which were red. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 58, Verse 35). The Siṃhalas took the side of the Kauravas in the battle of Bhārata. In the Garuḍa vyūha formed by Droṇa, the Siṃhalas were stationed in the position of the neck. (Mahābhārata Droṇa Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 6).
@@Tony_Stark_1 Migrations happened in multiple waves. First was ~2700 years ago from Bengal with King Vijaya. Then people fleeing Kalinga during Ahoka invasion fled to SL. Then Ashoka's son Mahindra and a huge fleet settled in SL bringing Buddhism. This went on till 4th century AD when Buddha's tooth relic was brought by a Kalingan Prince and Princess along with another fleet fleeing their home.
List of all Prakrits and their region: 1. Magadhi Pkt and Pali : Eastern UP, Bihar, Bengal and Odisha. Considered a "high" Prakrit. 2. Ardhamagadhi Pkt : Awadh (Central UP) and possibly Eastern MP 3. Shauraseni Pkt : Eastern Punjab, Haryana, Western UP, Braj and Bundelkhand. Modern Rajasthani and Gujarati are likely influenced from Maharashtri Prakrit from olden times. Was considered a "high" Prakrit. 4. Vrachad Pkt : Sindh (there is some debate over this one). It is possible that this Prakrit went extinct and Sindhi evolved as a confluence between Shauraseni and Gandhari Prakrits. 5. Maharashtri Pkt : Maharashtra and greater Konkan coast. Historically it was spoken North of Narmada as well. Was considered a "high" Prakrit. 6. Kamarupi Pkt : Assam and North Bengal. Went extinct, modern Assamese is possibly a confluence of Bengali and Tibeto-Burman languages. 7. Elu Pkt : Sri Lanka. No comments in this one. 8. Gandhari Pkt : Western Punjab and Kashmir, though Kashmiri (and possibly Pashto as well) evolved separately from Punjabi from Turkic conquest onwards. Considered a "high" Prakrit and very close to standard Sanskrit. 9. Khasa Pkt : Garhwal, Kumaun and Nepal. Possibly a "high" Prakrit as well. 10. Paishachi Pkt: Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. Went extinct.
I have read that Old Gujarati was an Apabhramsha of Shaurseni Prakrit that developed between the 12th and 15th century, and Modern Gujarati, Malvi and Rajasthani languages are derived from it.
Does all these languages has single ancestory ? How all these prakits are related or not related to Sanskrit? If it is related to Sanskrit, how so much diversification happened in such a short amount of time from Sanskrit.
@@Pumbarumba Tree model of linguistic evolution is completely nonsensical and contrary to even an amateur linguist with basic common sense. That's why your question itself is invalid.
@@JayVardhanSingh Yes , really I hoped that ..😂😂 ... Even I was searching about ancient Prakrit ... Till date ancient Tamil have influences from Prakrit , but to know the before or to revealve or to find clutches of clues in this more complex history and way difficult findings , its better for me to know comprehensively about Prakrit ... If you know of some suggestions , please suggest me what I need to learn or do .. 🙏🙏🙏
@@Humanity584 Brahmi Lipi me sankriti likhi ja skti Hai tunni 😂😂 Thodi Knowledge Lele Brahmi aur Sanskrit ki Science Tunni University passout ✔️ or hasi ATI muje ajakal Typical tunnis 😂😂😂
@A132-illuminati true or false who cares ?? aryan theory does not prove anthing. But still there is clear difference between aryan and dravidian language families 😀😀
Sanskrit Vedic names like dussarat, inder appeared in mittani inscription as far as we know which dates back to 1400 BCE...But these names are found in later composed suktas of rig vedas ...And not in older hymns ..And only names of the kings appeared , though the language of local mittani people were different... Shrikant Talageri has analysed that some kings of Indian origin might have ruled mittani and by the time of 4-5th generation of (contemporary to mittani kingdoms) only the indian names remained in their memory while the Indian Origin royal families started speaking in local mittani languages...
Prakrit was a stock language, which composed of a mixture of Indo-Iranian, Dravidian and Munda languages, Sanskrit was later created to write literature ... Some known Munda words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary; Mund, Kumar, Kulay, Kulang, Kadal, Kadli, Kambal, Koti, Kakambir, Korkut, Kapardin, Karpus, Kabandh, Kabash, Keelas, Kimid, Keenash, Kiyambu, Kuranga, Khand, Chikkan, Tunga, Tund, Prakar, Barbat. Some known Proto-Dravidian words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary; Aakash, Tulsi, Damru, Neer, Kan, Kapol, Kal, Kali, Katu, Koon, Kaulik, Ghotak, Patal, Patika, Dand, Kulf, Kul, Bil, Khal, Mari. Some known modern Dravidian words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary; Sandalwood, Lotus, Kallol, Ax, Kusumbari, Udgal, Arrow, Coconut, Nagar, Netra, Manjusha, Mala, Malay, Mukh, Yadu, Lumpat, Shav, Sandhya. In 1955, Oxford University India expert Thomas Barrow listed about 500 words in Sanskrit that he believed were borrowed from non-Indo-European languages.
Hello. Around 1:53 you said certain Rig Vedic hymns contain words seemingly from Prākrit, and from that the deduction is made that Prākrit and Vedic Sanskrit were different languages. Is it not possible we are dealing with diglossia rather than two separate languages? By their names we can say that the difference in Sanskritabhāshā and Prākritabhāshā is that the former is meant to be proper speech while the latter is the colloquial speech, can we not? Would that really be different from saying textbook English is the same language as colloquial English?
Isn't the so-called "pure" or "refined" form of any language derived from the commoner's tongue? Like standard Bengali or Hindi that we know today were artificially produced by certain universities out of many common languages. Scholarly languages are unlikely to predate commoner's natural languages.
@@aritrabhattacharyya8797 Hello and thank you for your reply! What you said is correct. Refinement of a language by the means of standardization, structuring, and enumeration of the lexical and grammatical rules is what creates the refined, or Samskrta, form of a language. Textbook Bangla or Hindi or English is postulated in such ways. My point was not to say that the refined form predates the colloquial form, but rather that there was a gap in the reasoning provided as to why the refined form can be deduced to be a different language and not just a case of diglossia. After all, textbook Bangla existing at the same time as colloquial Bangla doesn't automatically prove that they are different languages. Also I would like to point out the confusion that exists in our minds regarding terms like Prākrtabhāsha and Samskrtabhāsha. Prakrit and Sanskrit are generally referred to specific stages of the evolution of the language that, for the sake of understanding, may be called "bhāsha". Prākrit is what you see on the Ashokan pillars and texts like the Dhammapada. Vedic Sanskrit is seen in the Vedas and Classical Sanskrit is seen in texts like the Mahabharata. The video talks specifically about Prakrit, not just any colloquial form of bhāsha. Colloquial "Vedic Sanskrit" certainly would have existed before the Vedic Sanskrit, let alone the Classical Sanskrit, we see in textual form. But that is not the same as Prakrit. In summary, I agree that refined versions of languages come out of the colloquial versions, but that was not the point I was arguing. I was pointing out that the video doesn't explain why the co-existence of Vedic Sanskrit and Prakrit sounding terms in the Vedas prove that they are different languages altogether as opposed to diglossia. Also, I point out that Samskrta and Prakrta in reality appear to be adjectives to bhāsha rather than indicators of different languages similar to textbook English and colloquial English both being considered "English" rather than "English" and "not English". Please let me know if I've been able to put my points across clearly.
Hello Jay! Amazing video, with a good content. I would like to check on the research that you had underwent to come to these conclusions regarding the Vedic Sanskrit and Classic Sanskrit. Please note that there was a small correction at the end that the Ashokan Inscription dates back to 3rd Century AD and not BC. So in terms of written script received till date Prakrit is older. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!
Al-Biruni had mentioned that, Sanskrit was only spoken by Brahmans. Writing Sanskrit was not allowed by Brahman. So could it be Sanskrit is much older but there is not written evidence.
During the 11th century, when Biruni wrote this, Sanskrit was spoken by only few. The Sanskrit inscription appears around the 1st century AD. There's a consensus among historians that Sanskrit was older than 1st century AD and its oldest form appear in the Rig Veda.
Absolutely Correct Prakrit is much Older than Sanskrit ! The One hymn which you referred was the symbolic begining of the phase of amalgamation between Prakrit & Sanskrit Resulting in the so called Apabhramsha !! Please do revert back
भाषा क्रांति बहुत जरुरी है भाषा एक भाषा ना hokar एक जाति बंजर रह गई है बंगाली, असामि, ओड़िआ एक अलग भाषा बनी ओर अलग राज्य बना जबकि सच तो ये है की ये सब पाली का ही रूप है
The Sinhala language is based on Prakrit. The word Sinhala means Sri Lankan as it is said today. In the past, there was a rule in Sri Lanka by tribal leaders who established hundreds of small kingdoms. About 2600 years ago, Sri Lanka was invaded by the Kalinga and Pandya kingdoms. After about 100 years, all the tribal leaders came together and defeated this invasion. Then, as a result of that unification, a kingdom in the form of a kingdom was established in Sri Lanka. This kingdom existed until it was surrendered to Britain by an agreement. After the establishment of the kingdom, a common written language was developed for Sri Lanka to unite the tribes. This is called Sinhala Prakrit (Elu Prakrit). The most important thing in developing that language was to create a literate population as soon as possible. The reason for using Prakrit as the basis for the original Sinhala script is that Prakrit is a perfect compatible for the Brahmi script. Also, words have been changed to reduce the number of letters in words as much as possible, to minimize the number of syllables in words, and to minimize the need for writing Ligatures (joint letters).
No, my limited point is that there are some elements of Prakrit present in Rig Veda. Some scholars explain this by arguing that an ancestor of Prakrit and Rig Vedic Sanskrit existed alongside each other, and both of these languages have a common origin.
You're Welcome. Brahmi is a script and it was used to write both Sanskrit and Prakrit as well. I would be doing a video on the origin of Brahmi Script, so you can watch that.
But sir, this information may be a little wrong because the first inscription of Sanskrit is not Junagarh Kash inscription. The inscription of Hathi Bada was found from Chittor, Rajasthan, whose language is Sanskrit, its dating is between 2nd century BCE to 1st century BCE. Even there is a nearly 1st century BCE to 1st CE inscription of dhandeva which was found from ayodhya.
yes, you're right but both of these scripts are very short and what we also see is that there are also some Prakrit words that are there in these two inscriptions. So they aren't purely Sanskrit inscription.
@@JayVardhanSingh but still sir we can call them one of the earliest sanskrit inscription even inscription from today's turkey mention sanskrit names such as Indra, Varuna, Mitra & Nasatyas.
I think both languages, prakrit languages & vedik Sanskrit coexisted. Vedic Sanskrit was spoken by then pandits while as prakrit languages must be spoken by commoners......
A free mixing 'caste no bar' population was suddenly subject to the practise of Endogamy, Varna,Jati, Caste system confirming the arrival and active presence of west Eurasians (Vedic Aryans) in the 100AD , the first. Century AD. This coincides with the discovery of the junagarh Sanskrit language specimen in 150AD .
was it the Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions contained the sanskrit in brahmi scripture for the first time dated 150 BC. And Prakrit in again Brahmi script in the Asokan edict 250 bc
Wrong, which script used to write Sanskrit. Bumbhi script not bramhi. 64 script were found ancient but no name there were found till date as bramhi script.
It was Prakrit but there were regional dialects. By the Medieval Period (middle Ages), these Prakrits evolved into various Apabhramsa which were ancestors of all North Indian Languages. Gujrati, Assamese, Bengali and Marathi were also evolved from Apabhramsa.
@@JayVardhanSingh I don't think Maharashtri Prakrit can be called a true south indian prakrit language because it was only excepted as a courtly language in west dakkhana, and leaves descendents in Maharashtra and Goa. A far better example would be 'eLu' sihala prakrit.
If prakit is group of languages, is all these languages origin different or same. Then why it has been said prakit came from sanskrit. What is really relationship here? I dont understand.
Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions were written in Sanskrit, around 100-200 BC ? But yes classical Sanskrit could be a standardisation of all prakrits and Vedic Sanskrit.
Hindi as written in Devnagri is only 140 years old. The original language was Urdu with a different script and a little different style. There is no poem, essay, story, book in Hindi Devnagri during the times of 1857 revolt.
@@abcdidgh879 It was persianised language from the begining sir, and Sanskritised Hindi has been former only 140 years ago. Kindly quote from a single Sanskritised Hindi in devnagari script, from the period prior to 1875 AD ?? (Exact period is 1883 AD)
Kindly talk about kikuli inscription horse master thats the oldest evidence of Sanskrit and clay tablets in turkey that mentioned about vedic gods matsya varun mitra indra Is it possible that vedic sanskrit and Prakrit both originated from older language which could be pre vedic sanskrit.
Konkani emerged from maharashtri Prakrit. Konkani word for water is udaak. Which is derived from vedic Sanskrit word udaka ( in Russian its vodaka). But in Marathi, odia, Hindi etc word for water is JAL, paani derived from classical Sanskrit. Which means Konkani is the oldest language derived from Prakrit.
Because we don't know nothing about Sri Lanka, we are not taught about srilanka or other neighbours much. We are taught about Indian history, French revolution, world wars, Russian and Chinese revolution. Plus our culture is more dominant through music, movies etc. while we don't see anything from Sri lanka
Sanskrit is derived from Prakrit, the process is called as sanskritization of Prakrit. We find Dhamma word on Asoka's inscription say 250BCE, which changed into Dharma and find on Rudradaman's Girnar inscription in 150 CE, That means after 400 years later. One more thing when we say Vedic Sanskrit ,classical Sanskrit and all, we should not forget about Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit ( BHS ), also called as Prakrit influenced Sanskrit. These BHS inscriptions also find around 100BCE , this can be a transition period of sanskritisation. Even Rudradaman’s Sanskrit is not a classical Sanskrit, in fact we can called it as BHS, which sometimes use Prakrit words as it is and sometime sanskritised Prakrit words, it follows the Prakrit grammar and sometimes dose not use Visarga for singular masculine noun ! instead it use singular masculine noun grammer of Prakrit language , this changing over finds in Mahayana Buddhist lierature like Lalitvistara , mahavastuavadana etc. exclusively in Buddhist literature so there is space to say that Sanskrit is developed by Buddhist from 1st century BCE or CEC, although there is a need to study this.
Prakrits are apabransha of Sanskrit means they are corrupted language of Sanskrit . All Prakrit grammarians rockognized they derived from Sanskrit. You find Dhamma word on ashoka’s inscriptions because it was written in paali , Rudraraman inscription isnot in budhist hybrid Sanskrit . Vedic Sanskrit is older than 2000BCE , classical Sanskrit was formed between 700-500BCE by grammarian Panini.
national language : sanskrit regional/local language : prakrit( just like telugu tamil marathi bengali malayali etc...) instead of naming each language just named every local language comes under prakrit
Sanskrit was nobody's Mother tongue in ancient times . Have you any evidence for vedic sanskrit ? Vedic Sanskrit is mear Imagination . No Vedic Sanskrit like that .
Confirms the Aryan culture and associated history is not older than the 100AD confined to beginning in the first century, AD. This is further confirmed by the complete evidentiary absence of a Vedic civilization, said to exist from 1500bc to 500bc, post Harappan civilization from 2600bc to 1900bc.
Oldest Sanskrit Inscriptions are Hathibada Ghosundi and Dhanadeva Inscription of Ayodhya both from 2 ND century BC Get ur facts correct and yes. No Archeological evidences of Vedic Religion before 2BC but Other l Evidences such as literary, Genetics and linguistics evidences prove that Vedic Era did existed. As Buddhism and jainism critise Vedic Religion and rituals into their texts. So it confirm Vedic Presence in the Country
Wrong dates given for oldest inscribed Sanskrit Oldest sanskrit inscription date before common era Hathibada Ghosundi inscription date to before common era (1st to 2nd century BCE) Ayodhya Inscription of Dhana (1st century BCE to 1st century CE) I do have criticism for the methodology used by you
Yes you can say that they are the oldest. But the language of both of the inscription is not chaste Sanskrit. There are elements of Prakrit in it. If you don't agree with my view that is perfectly fine. You can share your view here. That would be great. But about the date, I don't agree. The date of both of these inscription are a matter of debate. And another important point is that these two inscriptions are fairly short. Compare to Rudradaman's inscription.
@@JayVardhanSingh you can say date of these 2 inscriptions are controversial but regarding the Ghosundi Inscription's date It is debatable whether it date to 1st or 2nd century BCE In any case it is before common era Yeah there are elements of prakrit in it but that doesn't mean one is older than the other They both could have evolved from the same root I don't think length of an inscription is proportional to the antiquity and chronology
Yes, but even if we consider that the date is true. The point still remain that it is Prakrit that appears first in the Inscriptions. And these two inscription aren't in proper Sanskrit. I've a theory on this and will do a video on it in the future. About the length part, length of an inscription is quite important and also the content. As you we don't know who the Sarvata of Ghosundi inscription was and about Dhana also we know very little. Compare this to Rudradaman's inscription which not only tell us about Rudradaman but we also learn quite a lot about the early power who ruled this region.
@@JayVardhanSingh Prakrit inscriptions appear first and they are much more elaborate I am not disputing that it is a fact But what I am pointing out is the date for the first Sanskrit inscription is before common era We have to move forward with whatever data we have at the moment that's how historical research works
So what was the point of your comment? Just pointing out that there're two other inscriptions. What you're doing is called nitpicking. The broader point of the videos still remains. The date of these two inscriptions is a matter of dispute. That is not true of the date of the inscription which I have mentioned. And about how historical research works. You don't have to tell me how historical research works. I know a thing or two about it.
I believe Prakrit was originated in Sri Lanka. Sinhala was derived from Prakrit and according to Ramayanaya language spoken in Sinhaladeepa is much older than Indian languages. Found Prakrit pottery inscriptions of Salgahawatta archeological excavation Anuradhapura was the oldest evidence of Prakrit language. And in tiny island of Sri Lanka has an amount of 50000 Prakrit inscriptions which is bit less than 3/4 of total inscriptions in all languages found in India.
Singhalas migrated from Bihar, hence it is obvious that they spoke sort of Magadhi Prakrit. Earlier Language of Sri Lanka was different. Quite different from Dravid and Indo Aryan family.
Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world. Prakrit originated from Sanksrit. Old dravidam language also originated from Prakrit. Telugu is the oldest dravidam language.
There isn't any historical proof to support your claim. The Rig-Veda was written for the first time after 10th century AD when the Devnagri script was invented. There is no proof of the Rigveda being written in any other script.
@@B-Raja there is proof. Prakrit is the oldest dravidion language and also hvng influence of aryan languages. That's y we cn hear similarity of words in different languages. Eg, cat is called 'pilli' in Telugu & called 'billi' in Hindi.
@@prabarau2531 Different indian regional languages have been inter changing words among them, but that's not the point. The point is that Sanskrit is not a very old language, because historical proofs are saying so. Sanskrit was formed in Buddhist universities in and around Gupta period, but the Vedic literature and idolater sect literature like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc. were written for the first time after invention of Devnagri script in 10th century AD. That means the written form of these Sanskrit books is only 1000 years old.
@@B-Raja no.. Sanksrit is the only pure language in the world without hvng any other language words or dialects. That means Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world. All the other languages in the world excluding Sanskrit hvng some mixture of other language. Every language in the world hv mixture of Sanksrit including English, Swedish etc. This is the clear proof that Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world.
@@prabarau2531 You are saying so because you don't know much about Sanskrit. Sanskrit has many words from local languages also, and these words are called "Pratipadik". But that's not the question Each language of the world has foreign words. The point or the question is, when were the Sanskrit Granthas first written ??
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A group of monks asked the Buddha whether we should use Sanskrit for preaching. The Buddha replied, "Don't bring that language near my religion."
Instead, the Buddha suggested that must use Prakrit, respecting regional differences(Janapada nirukthi). The Buddha was a man who knew Sanskrit very well, so he must have said that story for a good reason.
Sinhalese here - Im always surprised so many mainland Indians are often surprised or outright dont even know our Sinhala language which was called Elu Prakrit back then is super old (over 2600+ years old with oldest inscription in Brahmi elu Prakrit ~600bc). We are even mentioned in the Mahabharatha lol
Yo! Can you please cite the chapter from the mahabharta? I would like to look at that chapter to quench my curiosity.
@@simantsoren1120 The king of Siṃhala had taken part in the sacrifice Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 12).
The Kṣatriyas of Siṃhala gave Yudhiṣṭhira, Chrysoprases, pearls and such other wealth of the sea as present. The people of Siṃhala wore clothes studded with jewels. They were of dark complexion with eyes the ends of which were red. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 58, Verse 35).
The Siṃhalas took the side of the Kauravas in the battle of Bhārata. In the Garuḍa vyūha formed by Droṇa, the Siṃhalas were stationed in the position of the neck. (Mahābhārata Droṇa Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 6).
@@stealthworx4371 hello bro. Can you clarify me how you guys are ended up with prakrit while your neighbors are dravids?
@@Tony_Stark_1 Its similar to how Australians speak English whilst surrounded by east asian languages. Migration by sea.
@@Tony_Stark_1 Migrations happened in multiple waves. First was ~2700 years ago from Bengal with King Vijaya. Then people fleeing Kalinga during Ahoka invasion fled to SL. Then Ashoka's son Mahindra and a huge fleet settled in SL bringing Buddhism. This went on till 4th century AD when Buddha's tooth relic was brought by a Kalingan Prince and Princess along with another fleet fleeing their home.
List of all Prakrits and their region:
1. Magadhi Pkt and Pali : Eastern UP, Bihar, Bengal and Odisha. Considered a "high" Prakrit.
2. Ardhamagadhi Pkt : Awadh (Central UP) and possibly Eastern MP
3. Shauraseni Pkt : Eastern Punjab, Haryana, Western UP, Braj and Bundelkhand.
Modern Rajasthani and Gujarati are likely influenced from Maharashtri Prakrit from olden times.
Was considered a "high" Prakrit.
4. Vrachad Pkt : Sindh (there is some debate over this one). It is possible that this Prakrit went extinct and Sindhi evolved as a confluence between Shauraseni and Gandhari Prakrits.
5. Maharashtri Pkt : Maharashtra and greater Konkan coast. Historically it was spoken North of Narmada as well. Was considered a "high" Prakrit.
6. Kamarupi Pkt : Assam and North Bengal. Went extinct, modern Assamese is possibly a confluence of Bengali and Tibeto-Burman languages.
7. Elu Pkt : Sri Lanka. No comments in this one.
8. Gandhari Pkt : Western Punjab and Kashmir, though Kashmiri (and possibly Pashto as well) evolved separately from Punjabi from Turkic conquest onwards.
Considered a "high" Prakrit and very close to standard Sanskrit.
9. Khasa Pkt : Garhwal, Kumaun and Nepal. Possibly a "high" Prakrit as well.
10. Paishachi Pkt: Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. Went extinct.
I have read that Old Gujarati was an Apabhramsha of Shaurseni Prakrit that developed between the 12th and 15th century, and Modern Gujarati, Malvi and Rajasthani languages are derived from it.
Does all these languages has single ancestory ? How all these prakits are related or not related to Sanskrit? If it is related to Sanskrit, how so much diversification happened in such a short amount of time from Sanskrit.
@@Pumbarumba
Tree model of linguistic evolution is completely nonsensical and contrary to even an amateur linguist with basic common sense.
That's why your question itself is invalid.
@@parjanyashukla176 so no answer to the question?
@@Pumbarumba
Yes, invalid questions have no answer
Correction please! Oldest Prakrit inscription found, dates back to second of half of 3rd century B.C ...to make a difference of 400years
Thank you for pointing out, it was a mistake on my part.
@@JayVardhanSingh Yes , really I hoped that ..😂😂 ... Even I was searching about ancient Prakrit ... Till date ancient Tamil have influences from Prakrit , but to know the before or to revealve or to find clutches of clues in this more complex history and way difficult findings , its better for me to know comprehensively about Prakrit ... If you know of some suggestions , please suggest me what I need to learn or do .. 🙏🙏🙏
@@AruntamizhSentamizhkindly share some references to Prakrit influences in Tamil words.
@@iamDamaaldumeel Lok
First sanskrit inscription is hathibada ghosundi inscription which dated around 2nd - 1st century BCE . ( Source:- EPIGRAPHIA INDICA VOL XXII ) .
😂😂😂😂 which script used writing sanskrit lol.
@@Humanity584Brahmi hai Anpadh. Source bhi diya hai jaake padh le Anpadh bheemte 🤣.
@@Humanity584brahmi do a simple Google search kid
@@Humanity584 Brahmi Lipi me sankriti likhi ja skti Hai tunni 😂😂
Thodi Knowledge Lele Brahmi aur Sanskrit ki
Science Tunni University passout ✔️ or hasi ATI muje ajakal
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Woh Buddhist scriptures nikale hain kucchh bhi mat feko
My native language is sinhala(native language of sri lanka) which derived from prakrit
Tamil go brrrrrr
Your langauge script us more like Odia
Sinhala derived from Tamil
@@murugan-xk3uk 😂sinhalese is a language derived from indo aryan family.. not dravidian language family
@A132-illuminati true or false who cares ?? aryan theory does not prove anthing. But still there is clear difference between aryan and dravidian language families 😀😀
Sanakiyar (Koudilyar) Chandra gupta Mouriya ,they were spoken Prakit Language....Ashoka's Grand father is Chandra Gupta Mouriya..😇
Very good video! Totally agree that Prakrit and Sanskrit were derived from a common ancestor. I always had a soft spot for Sanskrit in my heart.
Sanskrit Vedic names like dussarat, inder appeared in mittani inscription as far as we know which dates back to 1400 BCE...But these names are found in later composed suktas of rig vedas ...And not in older hymns ..And only names of the kings appeared , though the language of local mittani people were different... Shrikant Talageri has analysed that some kings of Indian origin might have ruled mittani and by the time of 4-5th generation of (contemporary to mittani kingdoms) only the indian names remained in their memory while the Indian Origin royal families started speaking in local mittani languages...
@Arif 😂
Mittani is present day Jordan/Syria. Which alludes to sanskrit speakers emigrated to India from the west Asia.
@@iamDamaaldumeel
Migration was otherwayaround .
@@kumarkk532 any proof?
@@iamDamaaldumeel
Indian texts talk about the migration outside India .
Prakrit was a stock language, which composed of a mixture of Indo-Iranian, Dravidian and Munda languages, Sanskrit was later created to write literature ... Some known Munda words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary;
Mund, Kumar, Kulay, Kulang, Kadal, Kadli, Kambal, Koti, Kakambir, Korkut, Kapardin, Karpus, Kabandh, Kabash, Keelas, Kimid, Keenash, Kiyambu, Kuranga, Khand, Chikkan, Tunga, Tund, Prakar, Barbat.
Some known Proto-Dravidian words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary;
Aakash, Tulsi, Damru, Neer, Kan, Kapol, Kal, Kali, Katu, Koon, Kaulik, Ghotak, Patal, Patika, Dand, Kulf, Kul, Bil, Khal, Mari.
Some known modern Dravidian words in Vedic Sanskrit vocabulary;
Sandalwood, Lotus, Kallol, Ax, Kusumbari, Udgal, Arrow, Coconut, Nagar, Netra, Manjusha, Mala, Malay, Mukh, Yadu, Lumpat, Shav, Sandhya.
In 1955, Oxford University India expert Thomas Barrow listed about 500 words in Sanskrit that he believed were borrowed from non-Indo-European languages.
Not true Sanskrit comes before prakrit
@@Zzmaster_-mj2xvno proof of what you are saying
@@dancingdivazriooo archaic Vedic literature is a proof as it is. The mitanni stone inscription is another
I want to learn Prakrit or Sanskrit to understand jain gatha Arth
written in prakit language or jain gatha sutra .
My native language is Bengali which derived from Magadhi Prakrit.
Odira language also derived from prakritk language
My language is Bangla from magdhi prakit.
Good video, can you share the references &/or readings for this part of History?
Hello. Around 1:53 you said certain Rig Vedic hymns contain words seemingly from Prākrit, and from that the deduction is made that Prākrit and Vedic Sanskrit were different languages. Is it not possible we are dealing with diglossia rather than two separate languages?
By their names we can say that the difference in Sanskritabhāshā and Prākritabhāshā is that the former is meant to be proper speech while the latter is the colloquial speech, can we not? Would that really be different from saying textbook English is the same language as colloquial English?
Isn't the so-called "pure" or "refined" form of any language derived from the commoner's tongue? Like standard Bengali or Hindi that we know today were artificially produced by certain universities out of many common languages. Scholarly languages are unlikely to predate commoner's natural languages.
@@aritrabhattacharyya8797 Hello and thank you for your reply! What you said is correct. Refinement of a language by the means of standardization, structuring, and enumeration of the lexical and grammatical rules is what creates the refined, or Samskrta, form of a language. Textbook Bangla or Hindi or English is postulated in such ways.
My point was not to say that the refined form predates the colloquial form, but rather that there was a gap in the reasoning provided as to why the refined form can be deduced to be a different language and not just a case of diglossia. After all, textbook Bangla existing at the same time as colloquial Bangla doesn't automatically prove that they are different languages.
Also I would like to point out the confusion that exists in our minds regarding terms like Prākrtabhāsha and Samskrtabhāsha. Prakrit and Sanskrit are generally referred to specific stages of the evolution of the language that, for the sake of understanding, may be called "bhāsha". Prākrit is what you see on the Ashokan pillars and texts like the Dhammapada. Vedic Sanskrit is seen in the Vedas and Classical Sanskrit is seen in texts like the Mahabharata. The video talks specifically about Prakrit, not just any colloquial form of bhāsha. Colloquial "Vedic Sanskrit" certainly would have existed before the Vedic Sanskrit, let alone the Classical Sanskrit, we see in textual form. But that is not the same as Prakrit.
In summary, I agree that refined versions of languages come out of the colloquial versions, but that was not the point I was arguing. I was pointing out that the video doesn't explain why the co-existence of Vedic Sanskrit and Prakrit sounding terms in the Vedas prove that they are different languages altogether as opposed to diglossia. Also, I point out that Samskrta and Prakrta in reality appear to be adjectives to bhāsha rather than indicators of different languages similar to textbook English and colloquial English both being considered "English" rather than "English" and "not English".
Please let me know if I've been able to put my points across clearly.
Hello Jay!
Amazing video, with a good content. I would like to check on the research that you had underwent to come to these conclusions regarding the Vedic Sanskrit and Classic Sanskrit.
Please note that there was a small correction at the end that the Ashokan Inscription dates back to 3rd Century AD and not BC. So in terms of written script received till date Prakrit is older. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!
Al-Biruni had mentioned that, Sanskrit was only spoken by Brahmans. Writing Sanskrit was not allowed by Brahman. So could it be Sanskrit is much older but there is not written evidence.
During the 11th century, when Biruni wrote this, Sanskrit was spoken by only few. The Sanskrit inscription appears around the 1st century AD. There's a consensus among historians that Sanskrit was older than 1st century AD and its oldest form appear in the Rig Veda.
Which part of rigved contains prakrit language? give the reference and what is the language of hathibada ghosundi inscription.
@@JayVardhanSingh first gain your knowledge. Rigved which is written in Sanskrit. which script used to write sanskrit.
@@yajnya.s-gc4xv Sanskrit script devnagari is found 8th century later
@@Humanity584 you need to increase ur own knowledge kid. It's well known rigveda was composed first and then written many years later.
your channel will grow soon with lakhs of subscribers
Thank you so much for these kind words.
Lol no. He is makes actual historical videos not chest beating Hindu nationalist fiction. It is very difficult to grow such a channel.
Great video! Please make more on the other prakrits!
Thank you, Will definitely do. I will also be doing videos on Indian scripts and other topics of History.
Absolutely Correct Prakrit is much Older than Sanskrit !
The One hymn which you referred was the symbolic begining of the phase of amalgamation between Prakrit & Sanskrit Resulting in the so called Apabhramsha !!
Please do revert back
Nope
What about the mitanni inscription where they use vedic sanskrit names, isnt that a proof of ancient sanskrit in use before Tamil or prakrit?
I haven't claimed that the Prakrit is older then Vedic Sanskrit.
@@JayVardhanSingh vedic sanskrit is older than Prakrit.
. How is this assertion established factually? Kindly share references.
भाषा क्रांति बहुत जरुरी है भाषा एक भाषा ना hokar एक जाति बंजर रह गई है बंगाली, असामि, ओड़िआ एक अलग भाषा बनी ओर अलग राज्य बना जबकि सच तो ये है की ये सब पाली का ही रूप है
V. Useful video for basic knowledge of ancient history
Correction:- 2nd half of the 3rd century *bc*
Thanks for pointing out, this was a mistake on my part. I have written this in the description.
The Sinhala language is based on Prakrit.
The word Sinhala means Sri Lankan as it is said today.
In the past, there was a rule in Sri Lanka by tribal leaders who established hundreds of small kingdoms. About 2600 years ago, Sri Lanka was invaded by the Kalinga and Pandya kingdoms. After about 100 years, all the tribal leaders came together and defeated this invasion. Then, as a result of that unification, a kingdom in the form of a kingdom was established in Sri Lanka. This kingdom existed until it was surrendered to Britain by an agreement.
After the establishment of the kingdom, a common written language was developed for Sri Lanka to unite the tribes. This is called Sinhala Prakrit (Elu Prakrit).
The most important thing in developing that language was to create a literate population as soon as possible.
The reason for using Prakrit as the basis for the original Sinhala script is that Prakrit is a perfect compatible for the Brahmi script. Also, words have been changed to reduce the number of letters in words as much as possible, to minimize the number of syllables in words, and to minimize the need for writing Ligatures (joint letters).
Prakrit has many types written in naytyashatra
Inscriptions of Prakrit are older than Sanskrit
Is this meant to say Prākrutam is older than Rig Vēdic Samskrutam?
No, my limited point is that there are some elements of Prakrit present in Rig Veda. Some scholars explain this by arguing that an ancestor of Prakrit and Rig Vedic Sanskrit existed alongside each other, and both of these languages have a common origin.
@@JayVardhanSingh thank u for the reply. Anyway I love all languages of Bhārat. Brāhmi belongs to Sankrutam or Prākrutam in ur opinion.
You're Welcome. Brahmi is a script and it was used to write both Sanskrit and Prakrit as well. I would be doing a video on the origin of Brahmi Script, so you can watch that.
@@JayVardhanSingh all the best for ur upcoming videos. Thanks again for reply. Such an interesting topic for me learn n get to know.
Thank you.
Dear Jay. Was Pali created by Theravaadins?
I am not sure. But it was definitely used by them.
Indo European > Indo Iranian > Indo Aryan > Elu Prakrit > Insular Indic > Dhivehi > Sinhalese > Vedda.
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But sir, this information may be a little wrong because the first inscription of Sanskrit is not Junagarh Kash inscription. The inscription of Hathi Bada was found from Chittor, Rajasthan, whose language is Sanskrit, its dating is between 2nd century BCE to 1st century BCE. Even there is a nearly 1st century BCE to 1st CE inscription of dhandeva which was found from ayodhya.
yes, you're right but both of these scripts are very short and what we also see is that there are also some Prakrit words that are there in these two inscriptions. So they aren't purely Sanskrit inscription.
@@JayVardhanSingh but still sir we can call them one of the earliest sanskrit inscription even inscription from today's turkey mention sanskrit names such as Indra, Varuna, Mitra & Nasatyas.
@@JayVardhanSingh
Hathibada ghosundi inscriptions are purely Sanskrit . There are no Prakrit words in it .
I think both languages, prakrit languages & vedik Sanskrit coexisted. Vedic Sanskrit was spoken by then pandits while as prakrit languages must be spoken by commoners......
You think .. hahha
by the time prakrit were spoken, vedic or even post vedic sanskrit language weren't being spoken anymore...
A free mixing 'caste no bar' population was suddenly subject to the practise of Endogamy, Varna,Jati, Caste system confirming the arrival and active presence of west Eurasians (Vedic Aryans) in the 100AD , the first. Century AD. This coincides with the discovery of the junagarh Sanskrit language specimen in 150AD .
was it the Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions contained the sanskrit in brahmi scripture for the first time dated 150 BC. And Prakrit in again Brahmi script in the Asokan edict 250 bc
Wrong, which script used to write Sanskrit. Bumbhi script not bramhi. 64 script were found ancient but no name there were found till date as bramhi script.
What about the Khasa Prakrit?
Sankirt is daughter of prakirt
No,both languages were existing
Actually it's reverse ... Sanskrit is he mother of Prakrit.
First study idiot
@@user-k2ahajw vedic is but classical is like a sister panguage
Lol nice joke
Wrong, prakrit shares more with Vedic Sanskrit than classical Sanskrit .
which is the most popular language/s of common people of north india in the classical antiquity and middle ages
It was Prakrit but there were regional dialects. By the Medieval Period (middle Ages), these Prakrits evolved into various Apabhramsa which were ancestors of all North Indian Languages. Gujrati, Assamese, Bengali and Marathi were also evolved from Apabhramsa.
Fantastic video! You learn something new every day!
Thanks for watching!
Can you speak about south indian Prakrit languages which is rarely studied.
Thank you for the suggestion, will certainly try to do so in future.
Which one is the south Indian Prakrit language?
Maharasthri Prakrit can be called a south-indian prakrit because it was used widely in the Deccan region.
@@JayVardhanSingh I don't think Maharashtri Prakrit can be called a true south indian prakrit language because it was only excepted as a courtly language in west dakkhana, and leaves descendents in Maharashtra and Goa. A far better example would be 'eLu' sihala prakrit.
Sir hamare yaha shilalekh he vo prakrit language me he to aap samj kar bataskte he ki kya likha he pls
Just found your channel.
dear can you make detail vedio on caste system in india and history of valmiki caste particularly thank you
If prakit is group of languages, is all these languages origin different or same. Then why it has been said prakit came from sanskrit. What is really relationship here? I dont understand.
It's Vedic Sanskrit
Classical Sanskrit emerged much later than Prakrit
Bro Hathibada Ghosundi inscription is oldest sanskrit inscription, 1st - 2nd century BCE
which language did ashoka spoke and was it a prakrit?
Yes, it was Prakrit and particularly the Magadhi dialect of Prakrit.
Thanks a lot, Sir 🙏
Thank u soo much ✨🙏
You’re welcome
Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions were written in Sanskrit, around 100-200 BC ? But yes classical Sanskrit could be a standardisation of all prakrits and Vedic Sanskrit.
Plzz make more video about prakrit
Plz make videos in hindi also so that every one can have the knowledge and We are Indians We don't need any such kind of language to Express ours.
@Priya sharma I am talking for northern people, as english is already!
Hindi as written in Devnagri is only 140 years old. The original language was Urdu with a different script and a little different style. There is no poem, essay, story, book in Hindi Devnagri during the times of 1857 revolt.
@@B-Raja please. Hindi and urdu are different. The language you speak is urduised or persianised hindi.
@@abcdidgh879
It was persianised language from the begining sir, and Sanskritised Hindi has been former only 140 years ago.
Kindly quote from a single Sanskritised Hindi in devnagari script, from the period prior to 1875 AD ??
(Exact period is 1883 AD)
@@B-Raja Hindi as a language dates back to the 9th and 10th century, but yeah it was not written in Devanagari until much later. So you're right.
What about mittani sanskrit come from Syria
The Boghaz Koi inscription which you are talking about dates to around 1400 BC. It was certainly older than the Prakrit which we are familiar with.
@@JayVardhanSingh and Kikkuli also
Kindly talk about kikuli inscription horse master thats the oldest evidence of Sanskrit and clay tablets in turkey that mentioned about vedic gods matsya varun mitra indra
Is it possible that vedic sanskrit and Prakrit both originated from older language which could be pre vedic sanskrit.
it too contains some prakrit elements .
We telugu people's love maharashtrian prakrutam because our language came from Maharashtraian prakrutam ❤❤❤
Marathi and Gujarati are admixture of maharashtri and saurshreni
No im pretty sure gujurati is saurasheni only
Konkani emerged from maharashtri Prakrit.
Konkani word for water is udaak.
Which is derived from vedic Sanskrit word udaka ( in Russian its vodaka).
But in Marathi, odia, Hindi etc word for water is JAL, paani derived from classical Sanskrit.
Which means Konkani is the oldest language derived from Prakrit.
kahi pan bhawa 😂😂 .
I speak Russian.
there is no word Vodaka
@@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat may be its there in old Slavic language.
@@kasyakyoubfgamindikisborat Russian word for water is voda similar to udak.
@@rebelxyz2077 In Russian Water is Voda or Vodichka not Vodaka
Came here to start seeing from first video after seeing few other good ones
thank you
Nice
Thanks
All Jain Religion sastra are written in Prakrit
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im curious why indian cant mimic sinhala language but sinhalese can mimic hindi, tamil and lot of indian languages.🤔
Sinhala is a hard language to learn
Because we don't know nothing about Sri Lanka, we are not taught about srilanka or other neighbours much. We are taught about Indian history, French revolution, world wars, Russian and Chinese revolution.
Plus our culture is more dominant through music, movies etc. while we don't see anything from Sri lanka
Sanskrit is derived from Prakrit, the process is called as sanskritization of Prakrit. We find Dhamma word on Asoka's inscription say 250BCE, which changed into Dharma and find on Rudradaman's Girnar inscription in 150 CE, That means after 400 years later.
One more thing when we say Vedic Sanskrit ,classical Sanskrit and all, we should not forget about Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit ( BHS ), also called as Prakrit influenced Sanskrit. These BHS inscriptions also find around 100BCE , this can be a transition period of sanskritisation. Even Rudradaman’s Sanskrit is not a classical Sanskrit, in fact we can called it as
BHS, which sometimes use Prakrit words as it is and sometime sanskritised Prakrit words, it follows the Prakrit grammar and sometimes dose not use Visarga for singular masculine noun ! instead it use singular masculine noun grammer of Prakrit language , this changing over finds in Mahayana Buddhist lierature like Lalitvistara , mahavastuavadana etc. exclusively in Buddhist literature so there is space to say that Sanskrit is developed by Buddhist from 1st century BCE or CEC, although there is a need to study this.
you are just ignorant , you just cant derive sanskrit words from prakrit . if you can then give me some examples .
Prakrits are apabransha of Sanskrit means they are corrupted language of Sanskrit . All Prakrit grammarians rockognized they derived from Sanskrit. You find Dhamma word on ashoka’s inscriptions because it was written in paali , Rudraraman inscription isnot in budhist hybrid Sanskrit . Vedic Sanskrit is older than 2000BCE , classical Sanskrit was formed between 700-500BCE by grammarian Panini.
bharat muni and and ved are doubt originating words in this lecture? sir please try to accept the facts...
Sorry couldn't understand your question!
what are you even trying to say?
Ardhamagadhi prakrit is the oldest prakrit language rest all prakrits are its derivatives
2nd half of 3rd century B C
250 BC ..you mistakenly spoke AD
Yes, I have mentioned this in the description.
national language : sanskrit
regional/local language : prakrit( just like telugu tamil marathi bengali malayali etc...)
instead of naming each language just named every local language comes under prakrit
Tamil and Telugu has nothing to do with sanskrit
Sanskrit was nobody's Mother tongue in ancient times . Have you any evidence for vedic sanskrit ? Vedic Sanskrit is mear Imagination . No Vedic Sanskrit like that .
Sanskrit is not script it's langvage ?
Confirms the Aryan culture and associated history is not older than the 100AD confined to beginning in the first century, AD. This is further confirmed by the complete evidentiary absence of a Vedic civilization, said to exist from 1500bc to 500bc, post Harappan civilization from 2600bc to 1900bc.
Oldest Sanskrit Inscriptions are Hathibada Ghosundi and Dhanadeva Inscription of Ayodhya both from 2 ND century BC
Get ur facts correct and yes.
No Archeological evidences of Vedic Religion before 2BC but
Other l Evidences such as literary, Genetics and linguistics evidences prove that Vedic Era did existed.
As Buddhism and jainism critise Vedic Religion and rituals into their texts.
So it confirm Vedic Presence in the Country
So what language did ashoka used ??? Wasn't it Aryan language??
Wrong dates given for oldest inscribed Sanskrit
Oldest sanskrit inscription date before common era
Hathibada Ghosundi inscription date to before common era (1st to 2nd century BCE)
Ayodhya Inscription of Dhana
(1st century BCE to 1st century CE)
I do have criticism for the methodology used by you
Yes you can say that they are the oldest. But the language of both of the inscription is not chaste Sanskrit. There are elements of Prakrit in it. If you don't agree with my view that is perfectly fine. You can share your view here. That would be great.
But about the date, I don't agree. The date of both of these inscription are a matter of debate. And another important point is that these two inscriptions are fairly short. Compare to Rudradaman's inscription.
@@JayVardhanSingh you can say date of these 2 inscriptions are controversial but regarding the Ghosundi Inscription's date
It is debatable whether it date to 1st or 2nd century BCE
In any case it is before common era
Yeah there are elements of prakrit in it but that doesn't mean one is older than the other
They both could have evolved from the same root
I don't think length of an inscription is proportional to the antiquity and chronology
Yes, but even if we consider that the date is true. The point still remain that it is Prakrit that appears first in the Inscriptions. And these two inscription aren't in proper Sanskrit. I've a theory on this and will do a video on it in the future.
About the length part, length of an inscription is quite important and also the content. As you we don't know who the Sarvata of Ghosundi inscription was and about Dhana also we know very little. Compare this to Rudradaman's inscription which not only tell us about Rudradaman but we also learn quite a lot about the early power who ruled this region.
@@JayVardhanSingh Prakrit inscriptions appear first and they are much more elaborate
I am not disputing that it is a fact
But what I am pointing out is the date for the first Sanskrit inscription is before common era
We have to move forward with whatever data we have at the moment that's how historical research works
So what was the point of your comment? Just pointing out that there're two other inscriptions. What you're doing is called nitpicking. The broader point of the videos still remains. The date of these two inscriptions is a matter of dispute. That is not true of the date of the inscription which I have mentioned.
And about how historical research works. You don't have to tell me how historical research works. I know a thing or two about it.
I believe Prakrit was originated in Sri Lanka. Sinhala was derived from Prakrit and according to Ramayanaya language spoken in Sinhaladeepa is much older than Indian languages. Found Prakrit pottery inscriptions of Salgahawatta archeological excavation Anuradhapura was the oldest evidence of Prakrit language. And in tiny island of Sri Lanka has an amount of 50000 Prakrit inscriptions which is bit less than 3/4 of total inscriptions in all languages found in India.
That is something convincing. Can I learn more about it
Singhalas migrated from Bihar, hence it is obvious that they spoke sort of Magadhi Prakrit.
Earlier Language of Sri Lanka was different. Quite different from Dravid and Indo Aryan family.
@@pallavarora7467 Singhals migrated from Bengal, not bihar
Bengali
@@CSeGrinder it's Bengal+Bihar
Gandhari were dardic(kashmiri) people
Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world. Prakrit originated from Sanksrit. Old dravidam language also originated from Prakrit. Telugu is the oldest dravidam language.
There isn't any historical proof to support your claim. The Rig-Veda was written for the first time after 10th century AD when the Devnagri script was invented. There is no proof of the Rigveda being written in any other script.
@@B-Raja there is proof. Prakrit is the oldest dravidion language and also hvng influence of aryan languages. That's y we cn hear similarity of words in different languages. Eg, cat is called 'pilli' in Telugu & called 'billi' in Hindi.
@@prabarau2531 Different indian regional languages have been inter changing words among them, but that's not the point.
The point is that Sanskrit is not a very old language, because historical proofs are saying so.
Sanskrit was formed in Buddhist universities in and around Gupta period, but the Vedic literature and idolater sect literature like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc. were written for the first time after invention of Devnagri script in 10th century AD. That means the written form of these Sanskrit books is only 1000 years old.
@@B-Raja no.. Sanksrit is the only pure language in the world without hvng any other language words or dialects. That means Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world. All the other languages in the world excluding Sanskrit hvng some mixture of other language. Every language in the world hv mixture of Sanksrit including English, Swedish etc. This is the clear proof that Sanksrit is the oldest language in the world.
@@prabarau2531 You are saying so because you don't know much about Sanskrit. Sanskrit has many words from local languages also, and these words are called "Pratipadik".
But that's not the question Each language of the world has foreign words.
The point or the question is, when were the Sanskrit Granthas first written ??
Nothing to do with Sanskrit.
Please use Hindi Language
No
வேண்டாமே.
I speak Punjabi derived from Shauraseni Prakrit