What is the language of Vedas?

Vedic Sanskrit
Rigveda/Original languages
Vedic Sanskrit was an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It is attested in the Vedas and related literature compiled over the period of the mid-2nd to mid-1st millennium BCE. It was orally preserved, predating the advent of writing by several centuries.

What is the difference between Vedic Sanskrit and classical Sanskrit?

Vedic Sanskrit gives the archaic form of Sanskrit language. the four Vedas , Brahmanas and the Upanishads are said to be the Vedic Sanskrit. Classical Sanskrit begins with The Ramayana. Vedic Sanskrit is not under the purview of Panini while classical Sanskrit is under its purview.

What language were the Vedas spoken and written in?

Vedic Sanskrit was both a spoken and literary language of ancient India.

What is the language used in North India derived from Sanskrit?

One of the main Indian languages that shows these roots is Hindi. Indo-Aryan languages including Malayalam and Kannada also have it. Traces of it can also be seen in the Chinese language, which uses specific Sanskrit words.

Why is Sanskrit the mother of all languages?

Sanskrit has two types in it, such as the Vedic Sanskrit in which Vedas and Puranas etc. were written and the Classical Sanskrit from which the grammatical rules were derived by Panini. It might be because of its great heritage and cultural hegemony Sanskrit is called as the Mother of many languages.

Who introduced Sanskrit language?

Panini
Classical Sanskrit has its origin in the end of the Vedic period when the Upanishads were the last sacred texts to be written down, after which Panini, a descendant of Pani and a grammar and linguistic researcher, introduced the refined version of the language.

What language is Sanskrit derived?

Sanskrit is a standardized dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit as early as 1700-1200 BCE. One of the oldest Indo-European languages for which substantial documentation exists, Sanskrit is believed to have been the general language of the greater Indian Subcontinent in ancient times.

What is Classical Sanskrit literature?

The classical period of Sanskrit literature dates to the Gupta period and the successive pre-Islamic Middle kingdoms of India. This period is known for development of Sanskrit literature in all genres viz. Drama, Scholarly treatises, Stories, Epic Poems, Literature related to Science and Technology and the Puranas.