Sanskrit scholars - a vanishing species?


To my mind Sanskrit can be preserved more as as historical research facilitation language at some centers of excellence with the best of committed scholars provided with decent compensation and suitable environs with vistas of green and a quiet respectable campus with emphasis on learning and practicing daily the vedic practices.

If it happens to be erudite brahmin families who have to do man this, our secular state should not mind. Support the same as an acivity to preserve an ancient culture and proper balanced true study of original vedic hymns.

Advanced media storage of audio and video in an organised manner, with live webcasts to provide world wide networking among centers of such excellence, and also for on line learning for any one willing to learn, irrespective of caste or creed or nationality with award of diplomas must be planned.

I would imagine India should have 5 such centers , each of about 1000 hectares area, a little away from bustle of urban areas, one in Himalayas, one in Vindhyas, one in South, one in West, and one in East.

We need not be apologetic to preserve thousands of years ancient culture unique to our country.

These live vedic centers will become attractive tourist centers also. We should open up to any one interested in such studies in the world to reside and learn just as we run IITs.

Dress habits, yagnams, classes under tree shades ( we do in Shantiniketan) while we show case as was in vedic culture, modern amenities shall be provided on the campus for living quarters.

The official language on the campus of course is Sanskrit.

Near Udupi/Mangalore /Karnataka we do have villages where the entire village speaks only Sanskrit today. This village should be treated as heritage and nurtured and may be converted as the first such center of excellence for Sanskrit and provide funds for organising the necessary infrastructure.

The total investment for this effort is, in my opinion, is not more than Rs 1000 cr over 5 years.

Obviously Government has to make special constitutional provision declaring the minority community of Vedic Scholars and their families as protected species like we do for tigers, lions and other wild life , in case we do not like to classify them as more civilised than us.

The normal rules of recruitment with reservations and OBC etc will not be applicable here. But for learning all are welcome. No discrimination so long as the student gets the grades as required under the charter for the institution.

How much I dream for my country , a rich one and who can afford to do this, take a view and proceed on a war footing before the last of vedic scholar disappears from the planet, like those Bengal Tigers.

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