Question: On which day “world Sanskrit Day” celebrated ?
A. Every year on Sawan Poornima
B. 21 August
C. 20 August
D. 19 August
Answer- A
Related facts —
- World Sanskrit Day or Sanskrit Diwas, also known as Vishvasamskritadinam, is celebrated every year on Sawan Poornima.
- It is notable that Sanskrit day was first celebrated in 1969.
- Objective —
- This day is celebrated to to spread awareness, promote and revive the ancient India Language(Sanskrit).
- Meaning & Significance —
- The term Sanskrit is derived from the conjoining of the prefix ‘Sam’ meaning ‘Samyak’ which indicates ‘entirely’ and ‘krit’ indicates ‘done’.
- It has the largest vocabulary of about 102 arab 78 crores 50 lakh words and was declared Sanskrit as the second official language of Uttarakhand.
- This language is also termed as Dev Vani means God’s language.
- The language is traced back to the 2nd millennium BCE when the Rig Veda a collection of hymns is assumed to have been written.
- Some South Indian languages have evolved from Sanskrit such as Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.