Sanskrit revival

Sanskrit revival is the accumulation of attempts at reviving Sanskrit that have been undertaken. This revival is happening not only in India but also in Western countries like Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and in many European countries. Sanskrit is one of the 22 official languages in India.

Quotes

• While we battle each other on the streets on whether Sanskrit should be revived in the school curricula or not, top notch western universities have been busy churning one esoteric dissertation after another on Panini's Ashtadhyay and comparing Bhartihari's and Patanjali's grammatical logic.
  • Ajit Kumar Jha, "Why Is The West Crazy About A 'Dead' Language?" The Indian Express, June 10, 2001.