[INDOLOGY] Divine origin of Sanskrit

[Nagaraj Paturi]

>   a contrast between the "ordinary" sequence of sounds, which he says
comes from Nārāyaṇa, and the sequence presented by Pāṇini,

--- thanks for this useful distinction, Prof. Buchta.

Panini's is a grammarian's arrangement, of course , believed to be a
revelation to him as a 'flash' (revelation of ring structure of Benzene
molecule to Kekule was certainly based on all his observations, data and
brooding over the problem though the snake dream can be the 'flash' point.
ref. Flash theory, a Gestalt theory of problem solving. ) Patanjali and
Bhartrihari talk repeatedly about a grammarian's vyavahaaraashritatva ,
indicating their awareness of Panini's work being based on his
observations, data and brooding over the problem  Shiva's damaru story can
be taken as  analogous to the snake dream story.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 5:35 PM Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >  but this does not mean that is has a divine origin
>
> -- thanks for this highly discerning statement, Prof. Bronkhorst.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:57 PM Johannes Bronkhorst via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> I also would be happy (and surprised) to see references to a divine
>> origin of Sanskrit. It is true that Sanskrit is *daivī vāk* (Bhartṛhari)
>> “divine language” or “language of the gods”, but this does not mean that is
>> has a divine origin. In Brahmanical circles, at least since Kātyāyana and
>> Patañjali, Sanskrit is eternal and has no origin at all.
>>
>>  Johannes Bronkhorst
>>
>>
>>
>> On 27 Jul 2022, at 13:36, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> George Cardona has a 1990 paper, "On Attitudes Towards Language in
>> Ancient India" that might be helpful. It was published as #15 of the
>> Sino-Platonic Papers from the Department of Oriental Studies at UPenn. I
>> can dig up a PDF as needed.
>>
>> Best,
>> Dave
>> --
>> David Buchta, PhD
>> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
>> Department of Classics
>> Brown University
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:08 AM Gruenendahl, Reinhold <
>> gruenen at sub.uni-goettingen.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list members,
>>>
>>> I would be very grateful for any references to the concept of a divine
>>> origin of Sanskrit in primary and/or secondary literature.
>>>
>>>
>>> With thanks in advance
>>>
>>> and best wishes
>>>
>>> Reinhold Grünendahl
>>>
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> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
>
> Senior Director, IndicA
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> BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
> BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
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> BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership
> Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


Senior Director, IndicA
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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