The trend lately—in schools and elsewhere—is everyone wanting to learn Sanskrit. Here's why the ancient language is suddenly so popular.

The word mantra is derived from two Sanskrit words – 'man' meaning mind, and 'tra' meaning tool. Mantra meditation is used to protect practitioners from a constant onslaught of unhealthy and ...

The influence of Sanskrit in religious texts ... In the 19th century, Telugu absorbed many words from Persian and English due to colonial and Persian influences. The 20th century saw the rise ...

Modern Indian languages (Bengali, Odia, Hindi, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Gujarati, etc.) are not direct descendants of Sanskrit. While Sanskrit incorporated many regional words and, in turn, influenced ...

The exchange of words happened during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha after Birla announced the inclusion of six more languages -- Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit and Urdu -- in the list of ...