Seminar on Punjab’s Sanskrit connect soon

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

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Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 2

On the lines of a seminar that was held in Vancouver, in which one of the topics was ‘Punjab and Sanskrit’, Guru Virjanand Gurukul Mahavidyalaya at Kartarpur, which is the only school in Punjab that doesn’t charge any fees, is also going to hold a similar seminar on the contribution of Punjab in Vedic studies.

 Those who have been working to promote the language in the state say that it was great that a seminar in Vancouver on the topic was held from July 9-13.

Head, Department of Sanskrit, Panjab University Prof Virendra Kumar Alankar, who was one of the scholars who had attended the seminar in Vancouver, shared some interesting facts on Punjab’s association with Sanskrit. He said the roots of Sanskrit were embedded in Punjab.

The professor said Rishi Panini, who is considered as one of the greatest scholars of Sanskrit language and who had given the most scientific grammar, was from Punjab.

He added that Dayanand Saraswati, who used to roam across the country, found his real guru in Guru Virjanand, who was from Kartarpur.

Udyan Arya, principal of Guru Virjanand Sanskrit School, said the idea behind organising the seminar was to let students and the coming generation to know about the role the state had played in propagating the Sanskrit language.

“Almost all words of Punjabi are originated from Sanskrit language,” said the Principal.

Guru Virjanand Gurukul Mahavidyalaya attracts students from Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and across Punjab.

Affiliated to Gurukul Kangari University, Haridwar, the Kartarpur school gives them free lessons and a hostel. Sanskrit was the medium of conversation here.

The day at the school starts at 4 am with yoga and ‘yagna’, followed by regular classes from 8 am to 2 pm.

“The starting class has become so good that now, they even argue in Sanskrit,” principal Arya said while pointing to a Class VI student.