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Sanskrit Knowledge System and National Education Policy 2020 : Part 1
NEP 2020 and Sanskrit
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 highlights the profound significance of classical Indian languages, particularly Sanskrit, in the Indian Knowledge System. Sanskrit possesses a vast literary heritage surpassing Greek and Latin combined, encompassing mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and the arts.
Although marginalized and restricted to local pathashalas under foreign rule—leading to the misconception that it is solely a religious language—schol

Prof. K. K. Shine
Jul 312 min read


परीक्षिद्रामवर्मकृतायाः सुबोधिन्याः वैशिष्ट्यम् । भाषापरिच्छेदस्य, मुक्तावल्याः, दिनकरीव्याख्यानस्य तात्पर्यज्ञानार्थम् एवं प्रभादूषणार्थं च श्रीपरीक्षिद्रामवर्मेण सुबोधिनीयं रचिता।
संस्कृतक्षेत्रे केरलीयानां योगदानं अतिप्रधानं वर्तते। भाषायाः सर्वासु शाखासु एतेषां सुन्दरमनोहररसयुक्ताः युक्तयः प्रतिफलिताः इति अस्माभिः...

Dr Radhakrishnan Sivan
Sep 30, 20253 min read


NĀLUKETTU – A TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FORM OF KERALA
Nālukettu is the Malayalam translation of Sanskrit word Catuśśala (an edifice of four houses). It is a building compiling all the four dikśalas, each placed at their respective cardinal position around the central courtyard. Nālukettu consists of an interior and exterior open spaces and an interface of built form. The traditional architecture is typically a rectangular structure where four halls are joined together with a central courtyard open to the sky. The four halls on t

Dr Radhakrishnan Sivan
Sep 30, 20253 min read
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