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Nature and Scope of

Sanskrit, being the ancient language of the world on literature, Grammar, Phonetics, Ayurveda,
establishes its effect in socio-cultural, economic, History, Economics, Management and other fields
religious and literary field a lot. In this context the of composition. The Vedas, the Puranas, the
nature and scope of Sanskrit learning in Odisha Mahabharata, the Ramayana, the Panchatantra,
is to be taken in to consideration. It is the divine, the Hitapodesa, the Kathasaritsagar, the
profound, noble, encyclopaedic, link, classical Astadhyayi, the Charaka Samhita, the Dramas
and modern Indian Language of the country. of Kalidas, Bhavabhuti and Sudraka and the
People have great respect to learn this. But a mere prose writing of Vana and Suvandhu. The epics
Sanskrit learner can not know it as a baby of of Magha, Sriharsha and Bharavi, the
lioness brought up by a she-goat. So the aim and Rajatarangini, the Arthasastra and others are in
objective of this effort is to spread this popular Sanskrit to have compositions in almost all
form of learning among the people of the state branches of learning of the world. The
and acquaint them about the scope of this learning philosophical writings in Sanskrit are as larger as
to be a learner of this supreme form of language an ocean of knowledge. All these prove Sanskrit
and to earn once own livelihood in a very noble to be placed second to none and a unique of its
way. kind in the world.

Sanskrit is the most ancient language of Nobility is the true essence of human life.
the country and world also as there is not any One should be very noble as per the directive
composition prior to the Vedas.1 Dandin told it as principles of Sanskrit scriptures. The Vedas, the
a divine language. According to Swami Upanisads, the Panchatantra, the Hitopadesha,
Dayananda Saraswati the Vedas are created by the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Neetistaka
none. He believed that the Vedic Rishis are only are the complete sources of ethics to make a
seers of Vedic truth. Weber told the Rig Veda as person noble in each and every sphere of human
the first book of world library. Sanskrit words by life. Sanskrit is told to be an encyclopaedic
and large are found in other languages of the world language as words of other languages are not
but Sanskrit does not accept words of other found in Sanskrit, but Sanskrit words are found
languages any more. It is told to be the profound in all vernacular languages of the country and
language of the world having a great store-house English too. The words brought from Sanskrit to

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other languages require to be referred to Sanskrit franca.Further in Gurukuls and Sanskrit speaking
for their proper analysis. Sanskrit has the capacity Camps it is compulsory to be used by all. Sanskrit
to build a new word as the root of verbs; prefix is being taught as an MIL in CHSE course in
and suffix are capable to do so. For example the Odisha including different educational institutes of
word daughter in English is supposed to be the country providing learning in English Medium.
extracted from the Sanskrit word Duhitar which
Now the scope of learning Sanskrit can
means as the good for both the bride and groom’s
be considered. Sanskrit inspires people to be
family which is self-explanatory. Similar examples
noble in each and every field of life. A noble person
of a large numbers can be set here for analysis of
can bear all troubles and does not go astray for
the same.2
improper earning. Sanskrit scriptures teach that
Sanskrit is often used as the link language art of living and it helps to get divine thinking within
of India. Especially the Sanskrit Pundits of the minds of the common people. To earn own
southern states in their tour to Banaras use Sanskrit livelihood through practice of highest norms of
as a medium of instructions. The syntax of humanity can only be achieved by going in to the
Sanskrit grammar is so rigid that does not allow meaning and to perform the advice in day to day
to any slip of tongue of the speaker and so the life perfectly. Unemployment is the root cause of
listener also does not feel any troubles irrespective all evils and proper earning can provide peace
of two different regions of the country. The through performing all deeds recommended by
utterance of English words is variable in nature the Sanskrit scriptures.
and so it is not understood well by all in the In Odisha, a Sanskrit learning person can
country. Sanskrit is the classical language of the get his employment as a teacher in schools or
country. Like Hebrew, Greek and Latin it is colleges of the state. There is provision to appoint
accepted as the classical language by the linguists one classical teacher in every high school on
of the world. Further as per the guidelines of the compulsory basis and in colleges and universities
central government it is accepted as the classical the scope to be a faculty of Sanskrit is very large.
language of the country. From the very beginning Further in traditional Sanskrit tolls and colleges
of human civilization it was in use by the people there is very large possibilities of getting
and now also it is being taught in various countries employment. In Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University
of the world as a sign of great love and liking of and Sadashiva Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha of
the people for the supreme form of learning.
Puri persons can get their employment after
Sanskrit being ancient is also not out of successful completion of required educational
use by the people today. According to the group qualification in Sanskrit.
of researchers of Jawaharlal Neheru University it For the post of translator Sanskrit can be
is proved to be very suitable language for a field of employment. The state government of
computer and software technology. In all ritual Odisha has recently decided to give official
performances and marriage functions by the language status to Odia. The Odia language is
Hindus it is the only language to be used by and somehow an outcome from Sanskrit and so the
large.3 Now in Mattur, Baghuar, Jhiri, Mohat and role of Sanskrit scholars for translation of various
Sankoti, the people use it as their lingua- administrative works cannot be ignored. A person
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can get ample opertunity of learning by translating So, as per discussion as cited above
Sanskrit scriptures in to Odia and other Indian Sanskrit is no doubt a unique composition of its
languages of the country. A speaker has to go kind in the world.5 It can provide vast employment
various Sanskrit compositions to give his to the people of Odisha and help them to be a
discourse to the people on various topics of very essential part of human resources of the
human being and their relation to supreme soul. country. The per capita income of the state is very
From Astrology people can get their way of low and the new source of employment as
planning for future course of action and hence as discussed earlier can be a new hope for the
an astrologer one can earn his livelihood very well. unemployed youth of the state and that can be a
A Vastu specialist can earn huge amount of public permanent solution for providing vast employment
response after getting required knowledge in the generation for them. The state government should
field based on Sanskrit. To be an Ayurvedic take proper initiative for the same and the long
physician the knowledge of Sanskrit is very felt crisis of unemployment can be eradicated for
essential. fulfilling the aim and objective of Sanskrit learning
The role of Yoga teacher is a very desirable in Odisha and abroad.
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country can get the benefit of such divine Bhubaneswar Pradhan, Research Scholar, Utkal
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same properly. High School, Bargarh.

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