11-19-2006, 11:10 PM
Himachal Pradesh to popularise Sanskrit<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 19: <b>Himachal Pradesh will promote Sanskrit and explore possibilities to computerise the language to modernise the learning process, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here Sunday</b>.
The state has many educational institutions - government and private - teaching Sanskrit while the Central Government Sanskrit Vidyapeeth is coming up in the Pragpur area of Kangra district, he told the students and teachers of the Government Sanskrit College in Sundernagar, Mandi, at their annual day function.
<b>Singh said that old manuscripts found in the state were in Sanskrit, necessitating knowledge of the ancient Indian language dating back 5,000 years.</b>
He also stressed the need to encourage students to learn Sanskrit besides other languages for an update on their linguistic heritage.
The language has its own grammar and exhaustive research on various aspects of Sanskrit was in progress, Singh added. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The state has many educational institutions - government and private - teaching Sanskrit while the Central Government Sanskrit Vidyapeeth is coming up in the Pragpur area of Kangra district, he told the students and teachers of the Government Sanskrit College in Sundernagar, Mandi, at their annual day function.
<b>Singh said that old manuscripts found in the state were in Sanskrit, necessitating knowledge of the ancient Indian language dating back 5,000 years.</b>
He also stressed the need to encourage students to learn Sanskrit besides other languages for an update on their linguistic heritage.
The language has its own grammar and exhaustive research on various aspects of Sanskrit was in progress, Singh added. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->