Question

Sanskrit language is also termed as:
1. Amrit Vani
2. Shastra Vani
3. Mridu Vani
4. Dev Vani

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Dev Vani

The correct answer is Dev Vani.

• The Sanskrit language is also termed Dev Vani.
• Sanskrit is one of the oldest known languages over thousands of years.
• It is also called "Dev Vani" (the language of gods) as it is said that Brahma introduced this language to the Sages of celestial bodies.
• It is believed that the Sanskrit language came from Indo-European language family of Indian subcontinent.
• Vedic Sanskrit was the earliest form of Sanskrit language approximately around 1500-200 B.C.), when "knowledge" was handed down through the generations orally.
• In this period there was composition of hymns, poems, puranas of which some form sacred scripts of Hindus.
• The oldest known text in Sanskrit, the Rigveda, a collection of over a thousand Hindu hymns, the Sama-veda is the veda of chants, the Yajur-veda the veda of prayers; finally, the Atharva-veda contains the lore of the Atharvans.