The Hindu rulers of India especially those belonging to Maurya, Sen and Kusha dynasties actively encouraged and patronized the great Sanskrit poets and dramatists for quite a long time. Two of the greatest epics of the world, Ramayana and Mahabharata were written in Sanskrit.

It is believed that the available written oldest Sanskrit literature dates back to 2000 BC. Going deep into the form and structure of the language would also make one astonished by the resemblance of the language with other lesser old heritage languages of the world namely Greek and Latin.

During the middle of 18th century the world started to take interest in Sanskrit due to the discovery by famous historian Max Muller, of some of the greatest scientific and mathematical formula, experiment, research, analysis and results in the supposedly oldest books in the world like, Veda and Purana written in Sanskrit. This is the reason that Sanskrit is called Dev Bhasha (language of God). DifferencesĪccording to Hindu mythology, Brahma, referred to as grandfather introduced the language as medium of worship, for composing music for entertainment of God and Goddesses and writing literature in praise of the creator of universe. This article attempts to highlight some of the more important differences between the two Indian languages. Although Sanskrit is the mother of many Indian languages including Hindi and there are many similarities between Sanskrit and Hindi as regards scripts, words and pronunciation, a number of dissimilarities and differences too do exist between the two. It is the official language of the Union of India. Hindi was once a strong medium used by Indian national leaders for spreading the call for independence of India from the British rule. Hindi is one of the widely used languages in India, and has tremendous social and political impact emanating from its wide use by politicians, film makers, dramatist and musicians. This is not without reason that Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all the Indian languages. Structure and form of all the Indian languages find their roots in Sanskrit. The holy books of all the Indic religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Vaishnavism and Sikhism are written in Sanskrit language. Meaning of the term Sanskrit envelopes a number of attributes like pure, refined, decorated, educated, respected, beautiful, polished and elegant.

Sanskrit has the unique feature of being one of the few heritage languages with no geographical or dynastic tag attached to its name. Sanskrit is one of the oldest classical languages in the world that was originated, developed and nourished by people living in the eastern side of the river Shindhu, known as Hindus or Indians.

Bengali to sanskrit alphabet