Prajnaparamitamahamantram: Sanskrit : depends on your definition

» biogardener - depends on your definition

Whether you agree with me or not would depend on your definition of "intellectual." It was not meant to be derogatory, because I consider myself to be one. I merely meant to point out that Esperanto, unlike High German, was not embraced as the language of the people. I suggest that you read my article on the creation of the High German language, and you will understand what I am trying to say.

What I would like to find out from Robert is whether Sanskrit ever became the language of the entire country, or whether it remained a language of literature and a language of study, as Latin was in European universities.

High German became the language of the country because it was the language of the German Bible which everyone wanted to read. So everyone had to learn that language. This phenomenon is not unique in the world, but I have so far believed that this was the first occurrence. It has since that time happened on a smaller scale in the 20th century.

If it happened with Sanskrit as well, I certainly want to know about it. Robert knows that I am intensely interested in this subject, and that I have done considerable research on it.

-- posted by biogardener