ସଂସ୍କୃତ

ସଂସ୍କୃତ ସାଧାରଣତଃ ଅନେକ ପୁରୁଣା ଇଣ୍ଡୋ-ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଭାଷା ପ୍ରକାରକୁ ସୂଚାଏ । Quote:Sanskrit (samskrita- 'adorned, purified') refers to several varieties of Old Indo-Aryan whose most archaic forms are found in Vedic texts: the ''Rigveda (Ṛgveda), Yajurveda, Sāmveda, Atharvaveda, with various branches.  ଏହାର ସବୁଠାରୁ ପୁରୁଣା ହେଉଛି ଋକବେଦରେ ମିଳୁଥିବା ବୈଦିକ ସଂସ୍କୃତ । ତାହା ଖ୍ରୀ.ପୂ. ୧୫୦୦ ମସିହାରୁ ଖ୍ରୀ.ପୂ. ୧୨୦୦ ମସିହା ମଧ୍ୟରେ ରଚନା କରାଯାଇଥିବା ୧,୦୨୮ଟି ଶ୍ଳୋକକୁ ନେଇ ଗଠିତ ଓ ଏସବୁକୁ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନର ଉତ୍ତର ପାକିସ୍ତାନ ଓ ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନରୁ ଉତ୍ତର ଭାରତର ଆଡ଼କୁ ପୂର୍ବମୁଖୀ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରବାସ କରୁଥିବା ଇଣ୍ଡୋ-ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଜନଜାତିମାନେ ରଚନା କରିଥିଲେ । Quote: It consists of 1,028 hymns (suktas), highly crafted poetic compositions originally intended for recital during rituals and for the invocation of and communication with the Indo-Aryan gods. Modern scholarly opinion largely agrees that these hymns were composed between around 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE, during the eastward migration of the Indo-Aryan tribes from the mountains of what is today northern Afghanistan across the Punjab into north India. Quote: The Vedas were composed (roughly between 1500-1200 and 500 BCE) in parts of present-day Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, and northern India.  The oldest text at our disposal is the Rgveda (RV); it is composed in archaic Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit). ବୈଦିକ ସଂସ୍କୃତ ଭାରତୀୟ ଉପମହାଦେଶର ପୂର୍ବବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଭାଷାମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଆଦାନ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରିବା ବେଳେ ପ୍ରଥମ କରି ଭେଟିଥିବା ଗଛ ଏବଂ ପଶୁମାନଙ୍କ ନାମ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆହରଣ କରିଥିଲା । ଏହା ବ୍ୟତୀତ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଦ୍ରାବିଡ଼ ଭାଷାଗୋଷ୍ଠୀ ସଂସ୍କୃତର ଧ୍ୱନିବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଏବଂ ଗଠନକୁ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ କରିଥିଲେ । "ସଂସ୍କୃତ" ମଧ୍ୟ ଅତି ସାଧାରଣ ଭାବେ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତକୁ ସୂଚାଏ । ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତ ଏକ ୧ମ ମସିହାର ମଧ୍ୟଭାଗରେ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ହୋଇଥିବା ଏବଂ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ବ୍ୟାକରଣଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସବୁଠାରୁ ବ୍ୟାପକ ଭାବେ Quote: All these achievements are dwarfed, though, by the Sanskrit linguistic tradition culminating in the famous grammar by Panini, known as the Astadhyayi. The elegance and comprehensiveness of its architecture have yet to be surpassed by any grammar of any language, and its ingenious methods of stratifying out use and mention, language and metalanguage, and theorem and metatheorem predate key discoveries in western philosophy by millennia.  ପାଣିନୀଙ୍କ ଅଷ୍ଟାଧ୍ୟାୟୀଦ୍ୱାରା ("ଆଠଟି ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ") ମାନକୀକରଣ ହୋଇଥିଲା । କାଳିଦାସ ସଂସ୍କୃତ ଭାଷାର ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ନାଟ୍ୟକାର ଓ ସେ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତରେ ଲେଖୁଥିଲେ । ଆଧୁନିକ ଗଣିତର ମୂଳଦୁଆ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରାଯାଇଥିଲା । Quote:  The Sanskrit grammatical tradition is also the ultimate source of the notion of zero,’ which, once adopted in the Arabic system of numerals, allowed us to transcend the cumbersome notations of Roman arithmetic. Quote: "The story of the growth of arithmetic from the ancient inheritance to the wealth passed on to the Renaissance is dramatic and passes through several cultures. The most groundbreaking achievement was the evolution of a positional number system, in which the position of a digit within a number determines its value according to powers (usually) of ten (e.g., in 3,285, the "2" refers to hundreds). Its extension to include decimal fractions and the procedures that were made possible by its adoption transformed the abilities of all who calculated, with an effect comparable to the modern invention of the electronic computer. Roughly speaking, this began in India, was transmitted to Islam, and then to the Latin West." ତେବେ ସଂସ୍କୃତରେ ରଚିତ ଦୁଇ ପ୍ରମୁଖ ମହାକାବ୍ୟ ମହାଭାରତ ଏବଂ ରାମୟଣ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ମୌଖିକ କାହାଣୀ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା ଶୈଳୀରେ ରଚିତ ଓ ଏହି ସଂସ୍କୃତକୁ ମହାକାବ୍ୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତ କୁହାଯାଉଥିଲା । ଏହା ଉତ୍ତର ଭାରତରେ ଖ୍ରୀ.ପୂ. ୪୦୦ରୁ ଖ୍ରୀ.ପୂ. ୩୦୦ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବ୍ୟବହୃତ ହୋଇଥିଲା ଏବଂ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତର ପ୍ରାୟ ସମସାମୟିକ ଥିଲା । Quote: "The term ‘Epic Sanskrit’ refers to the language of the two great Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. ...  It is likely, therefore, that the epic-like elements found in Vedic sources and the two epics that we have are not directly related, but that both drew on the same source, an oral tradition of storytelling that existed before, throughout, and after the Vedic period. ଏହା ପର ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସଂସ୍କୃତ ପରମ୍ପରାବଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରଥମ ଭାଷା ଭାବରେ ଶିଖାଯିବା ବନ୍ଦ ହେଲା ଏବଂ ଶେଷରେ ଏକ ଜୀବନ୍ତ ଭାଷା ଭାବରେ ବିକଶିତ ହେବା ବନ୍ଦ ହେଲା । Quote: "The desire to preserve understanding and knowledge of Sanskrit in the face of ongoing linguistic change drove the development of an indigenous grammatical tradition, which culminated in the composition of the Astadhyayi, attributed to the grammarian Panini, no later than the early fourth century BCE. In subsequent centuries, Sanskrit ceased to be learnt as a native language, and eventually ceased to develop as living languages do, becoming increasingly fixed according to the prescriptions of the grammatical tradition."

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