MAHARSHI PANINI

ORIGIN OF SANSKRIT LANGUAGE

, (Samskrutam) Means that which is simplified. What is that which is

simplified? It is devanagari lipi or Vedic Sanskrit ,which was simplified to understand
the VEDA. Both devanagari (As one could recollect the vyasokta ganesha likhita) and
the Classic Sanskrit (by Panini Maharshi) have evolved originally from The VEDA.
Devanagari also referred to as the vedic Sanskrit , Later on it was even more simplified
by Panini maharshi ,called the classical Sanskrit.It is the oldest liturgical language only
next to the devanagari and the only scholarly literary language that is in use.
Sanskrit, as defined by Pini, had evolved out of the earlier "Vedic" form. Scholars
often distinguish Vedic Sanskrit and Classical or "Pinian" Sanskrit as separate
'dialects'. Though there are some similarities, they differ in a number of essential points
of phonology,vocabulary, grammar and syntax. Vedic Sanskrit is the language of
the Vedas, a large collection of hymns, incantations (Samhitas), theological and religio-
philosophical discussions.( Brahmanas and Upanishads). Modern linguists consider the
metrical hymns of the Rigveda Samhita to be the earliest.