translate and publish Indian classics‚ transforming the Bengali language from a language of the uneducated into a language of the educated; a musician‚ writing gospel ballads in the Bengali language; a scholar‚ authoring the first Sanskrit dictionary; a professor of Bengali‚ Sanskrit‚ and Marathi (Indian languages) at the Fort William College in Calcutta; an educator‚ starting dozens of schools for Indian children and the first college in Asia‚ at Serampore; a librarian‚ pioneering the idea of lending libraries
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subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature took the form of the canonical Hindu sacred writings‚ known as the Veda‚ which were written in Sanskrit. To the Veda were added prose commentaries such as the Brāhmaṇas
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India‚ “The land of Lords” is the world’s ancient civilization. India is also the land of various cultural diversities‚ where you will find a beautiful contrast of customary and contemporary ingredients. It is a place where you experience spirituality and solitude together. India is a land with legendary sagas‚ rich rituals‚ distinct cultures‚ various festivals and ceremonies. Also a land of historical monuments‚ architectural miracles and rich historical past. Let us know more about India 5‚000
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often rely on the translation of a story that has been passed orally from generation to generation for thousands of years. The Bhagavad Gita for example was written over two thousand years ago‚ and since the original language of the Gita was Sanskrit‚ which many people did not know how to translate‚ the first complete English version was not made until 1785 (Johnson‚ 1994). Consequently‚ before this time the Gita was simply passed orally in a very broad translation‚ and with no theological
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of the INR. The word "rupee" was derived from the Sanskrit word rūpyakam. টকা (tôka) in Assamese টাকা (taka) in Bengali રૂપિયો (rupiyo) in Gujarati ರೂಪಾಯಿ (rūpāyi) in Kannada‚ Tulu and Konkani रुपया (rupayā) in Hindi روپے (pronounced ropyih) in Kashmiri रुपया (rupayā) in Konkani രൂപ (rūpā) in Malayalam रुपया (rupayā) in Marathi रुपैयाँ(rupaiya) in Nepali ଟଙ୍କା(tanka) in Oriya ਰੁਪਈਆ (rupiā) in Punjabi रूप्यकम् (rūpyakam) in Sanskrit (Devnagari) रुपियो (rupiyo) in Sindhi ரூபாய் (rūpāi)
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Linguistic Slavery of India and Black Money Posted on June 25‚ 2012 by gshah In this article‚ we shall discuss about how the absurd obsession that Indians have for English language‚ is responsible for the sheer poverty and lack of development in India and also lack of creativity among majority of Indians and how the eradication of India’s Black economy will help in solving this problem. The Politics Series 1. How is Black money responsible for Terrorism and crime 2. America is rich because of
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2000 BC. Mathematics has its roots in the nearly 4‚000 years old Vedic literature. Indians developed many important mathematical concepts‚ including the baseten decimal system. India’s Panini is well-regarded as the founder of linguistics‚ and his Sanskrit grammar is still considered to be the most sophisticated of any language in the world. Even in manufacturing‚ India had an important position. According to the Yale historian‚ Paul Kennedy‚ India accounted for roughly 25% of global industrial output
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sacrifices’ are a traditional and sacred ritual. In which they give offerings to the fire God Agni. Offerings consist of grains‚ soma‚ and sometimes animals. In Hinduism there is also have a sacred element‚ which is a cow. In Hinduism‚ the cow (Sanskrit: go) is revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed. Hindus do not worship the cow‚ however‚ and cows do not have especially charmed lives in India. It is more accurate to say the cow is
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THE RIG VEDA I will mention about the Indian ’s Rig Vedas.Before giving the details of Rig Veda‚it would be better giving information about eastern philosophy and also Hinduizm. Firstly I want to explain some basic characteristics of eastern philosophy and the place of Hinduism as a religion entering the side of the philosophy. Actually if we want to understand the eastern philosophy completely‚ there is need to know that these philosophies depend on a religious area‚ like Indian philosophy
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(pronounced as ’ahk’): · This letter is used very rarely. When used has a sound similar to ’h’. ♦ The letters in ’j‚ s‚ sh‚ h‚ ksh’ series (ƒ‚ …‚ „‚ †‚ ‡) are used only when writing some foreign words such as Sanskrit or English words. ♦ SrI: ‚ - This is used only when writing some sanskrit words.
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