The History of Sanskrit

Sanskrit was not written down and even to this day most of the people who traditionally work with the Vedas use memorization so there's much more scope to see things slip in. The very first word you could say of the Rigveda has an extra sound which is there in Marathi and Malayalam which is not in Sanskrit but it's there in the first verse. It wasn't so needed earlier because it was just verses written but then when it had a political purpose to solidify a new empire the thing was put together, says Professor De Shwandi.

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