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Sanskrit

How an Indian student made Sanskrit’s ‘language machine’ work for the first time in 2,500 years

Tom Almeroth-Williams
· Dec 15, 2022 · 07:30 pm
A new translation of ‘Saundarya Lahari’ has revived the ancient Sanskrit text for modern readers

Mani Rao
· Oct 14, 2022 · 08:30 am
Did you know that writer’s block has a 5,000-year history?

Joyce Kinkead, The Conversation
· Oct 13, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Watch: At Varanasi airport, announcements are being made in Sanskrit

Scroll Staff
· Jun 20, 2022 · 12:00 pm
In her new book, Audrey Truschke examines Sanskrit works on India’s Muslim history

Audrey Truschke
· Feb 04, 2021 · 08:30 am
Weekend Quiz: Which 4th-century epic Sanskrit drama does this mural portray?

The Heritage Lab
· Dec 12, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Two student leaders from Manipur arrested in Delhi for ‘spreading communal hatred’

Scroll Staff
· Dec 11, 2020 · 02:55 pm
Weekend Quiz: Which medieval poet wrote ‘Sur Sagar’, a poem about Lord Krishna?

The Heritage Lab
· Oct 31, 2020 · 03:30 pm
Weekend Quiz: Which of the five Mahakavyas tells the story of the birth of Shiva’s son Kartikeya?

The Heritage Lab
· Oct 17, 2020 · 03:30 pm
In ‘The Meaning of India’, Raja Rao offers an ‘Indian’ theory of how words and language work

Raja Rao
· May 11, 2020 · 08:30 am
RPSC 2018 Sanskrit Sr. Teacher exam final result declared at rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in

Scroll Staff
· Feb 28, 2020 · 09:55 am
Uttarakhand: Railways to replace Urdu with Sanskrit on platform signboards

Scroll Staff
· Jan 19, 2020 · 08:22 pm
Speaking Sanskrit helps control diabetes and cholesterol, claims BJP MP

Scroll Staff
· Dec 13, 2019 · 12:02 pm
Watch: Benaras Hindu University students celebrate after Muslim professor of Sanskrit resigns

Scroll Staff
· Dec 11, 2019 · 12:04 pm
The Daily Fix: BHU protest against Muslim teacher shows how communal vitriol is undermining India

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Nov 20, 2019 · 10:08 am
BHU backs appointment of Muslim professor to Sanskrit department amid protests by students

Scroll Staff
· Nov 15, 2019 · 07:25 pm
Two new genetic studies upheld Indo-Aryan migration. So why did Indian media report the opposite?

Shoaib Daniyal
· Sep 12, 2019 · 09:00 am
‘Charaka discovered atoms, NASA thinks Sanskrit will help build computers that talk’: HRD minister

Scroll Staff
· Aug 11, 2019 · 11:16 am
Watch: Bengaluru cab driver and passenger mesmerise social media users with fluent Sanskrit

Scroll Staff
· Jun 17, 2019 · 10:00 am
‘Kathakautukam’: If only this accessible translation of the Sanskrit epic had been all in verse

John Butler
· May 27, 2019 · 05:30 pm