The Dead Language
The Dead Language
Over its long history, Sanskrit is a classical language of South Asia belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts it became a language of religion and high culture. While many believe that the ancient Indian language Sanskrit is dead and no longer existing. In the altering setting, this id of Sanskrit language was decreased. It is now acknowledged because the least spoken language among the many 22 languages recorded in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. To make Sanskrit language a familiar language, a lawyer from Mahadev’s metropolis of Kashi has launched a unique marketing campaign.
Most
of the lawyers in India prefer to work in the Hindi and English language;
there is still a lawyer in Kashi who has been using Sanskrit language only in
his legal cases. The lawyer, Acharya Shyam Upadhyay, refuses to accept that
Sanskrit is a dead language. For the last 38 years, each and every aspect of
his work has been done in Sanskrit.
Shyamji is an Acharya in Buddhist philosophy
from Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwa Vidyalaya and a BA LLB in the
Sanskrit language from Harishchandra College. Once, when he was in school, his
father told him that the Indian courts do not use the Sanskrit language. This
twitched him and on the same day, he took a pledge that he would practice as a
lawyer only in the Sanskrit language. He
presents his affidavits and also examines the court in Sanskrit. He has
impressed the judges with his perseverance and dedication. Judges also make
their verdict in Sanskrit or Hindi.
Also, he has written about 60 novels in
Sanskrit. Besides this, in 2003, for his continuous and selfless service since
1978, he was awarded ‘Sanskrit Mitram’ by the Human Resource and Development
Ministry.
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