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FEEDBACK: WHY SANSKRIT?
Perhaps you have come across Sanskrit in the simple factual context of its place as the language which is the greatest source of words etymologically; indeed, Sanskrit flows prolifically throughout the languages of the world, and thus does it contribute to many, many different languages. This fact may fascinate you as much as it always has impressed many as well as me. For this reason alone I had a distant and unknowing respect for Sanskrit long before I ever met teachers who teach the ancient Vedanta teaching from the Sanskrit. Much like wondering what might be the ultimate source of a river or a sea, you might wonder what might be the source of so many differing languages, including other ancient languages. Assuredly, there is no one such mother language for all the languages of man as far as we can see; yet etymologists name Sanskrit as the single language which approaches this place in all of the languages searched. This etymological power of Sanskrit points out why this classical language of the ancients is called a meta-language. Therefore, Sanskrit might be of interest to you even if you never embark upon a study of this classical tongue; indeed, such a language must have unique and highly universal concepts contained within its hold if it has spread throughout the cultures and peoples within their spoken word. Although this may be an abstruse point to some, there will always be those like myself who latch onto that observation and cannot rest until they at least conduct a search as to how this etymological prevalence of Sanskrit might have occurred. This search for the pathways of such an ancient language as Sanskrit into so many other languages cannot be researched as precisely as can be the history of man or the birth of civilization as we now know it. Therefore, any quest for an enriched idea of the power of Sanskrit to so infuse the multivariate languages can be considered rather in an abstract sense. In deriving the phonetics of Sanskrit in Sound and Light: The Sanskrit Primer of Metaphysics, some greater idea might be realized as to why this ancient language is a chief etymological fount for other languages and even for those across cultural and ethnic lines. Sanskrit is used as a tool to express universal truth, and from this usage there has accrued a certain wealth in scriptural wisdom as embodied in the Upanishads and in the Bhagavad Gita. The study of the metaphysics of these works in Sanskrit unveils for the studious and the qualified not only the ultimate reality and the universal truth in-and-through that reality; further, the remarkable efficiency and precision of Sanskrit become known to the one who prays in Sanskrit and to the one who worships truth in Sanskrit. It is such that the words are pre-designed to say what must be said in order to unfold satyam, universal truth. This pre-design of Sanskrit always fascinated me since my deep faith in the prayers of Sanskrit to bind me to God and to the world and its reality left me open to its vision. Such vision as apperceived through Sanskrit as a metaphysical tool is not only conferred in the precise meaning given by Sanskrit writings, but this vision of what rarefies into self-realization is also intended through the very sounds of Sanskrit per se. That is why I had ever turned to an unraveling of the sounds of Sanskrit as the key to the most essential meaning of Sanskrit. These sounds reveal to me the phonetic derivations through which I understand the complex classical language, Samskrtam. Further, this is why I recommend that those who read here and who are not familiar with Sanskrit should follow any interest in learning more of it. This primer may be geared for those with an existing knowledge of Sanskrit, true. However, anyone with an interest in languages is welcome to delve into the phonetic explication here. Indeed, you will begin to see how it is that this language might have proliferated etymologically as it has; in fact, such a proliferation of Sanskrit is because each sound is precise in its meaning. This precision of meaning as broken down into individuated sounds is understood within the context of a deeper inquiry into the ultimate reality, nityam, and the universal truth, satyam. Truth can therefore be seen as the vector of sound both within the language of Sanskrit as well as into the reaches of other languages planet-wide. If you respect this observation, then please begin to approach your own personal settlement with the astonishing glory of Sanskrit; may you begin this settlement on whatever level of involvement you might choose whether surface level or in the mode of deeper grammatical study. In any case, may you be enriched by reading at this Web site. In view of the foregoing explanation of why Sanskrit might interest you, may I ask that you contribute to my own understanding of how you understand the concepts offered here at Sound and Light. Please render me any observations or critical comments on the material here. If I can be of any greater assistance to you in any way, please inform me accordingly. All feedback is welcome. Further, your feedback may affect the growth of this Web site. Marilynn Stark
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