Author: NVO Bureau
Publication: Nvonews.com
Date: September 8, 2009
URL: http://nvonews.com/2009/09/08/lauding-japan-for-sanskrit-conference-restoring-sanskrit/
Hindus have applauded Japan's Kyoto University
for hosting prestigious World Sanskrit Conference, which concluded on September
five.
Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA)
today, while lauding Kyoto University, strongly criticized India Government
for not doing enough for Sanskrit promotion. Sanskrit should be restored to
its rightful place and needed to be brought to the mainstream and hidden scientific
truths in ancient Sanskrit literature should be brought to light, Zed pointed
out.
Jointly organized by International Association
of Sanskrit Studies, Kyoto University, Association for the Study of the History
of Indian Thought, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Mitsubishi
Foundation, etc.; this five-day 14th World Sanskrit Conference covered a wide
variety of topics, including: Vedas, linguistics, epics and Puranas, Agamas
and Tantras, vyakarana, scientific literature, ritual studies, yoga, Parsi
Sanskrit, Sanskrit law, Mahabharata, Yogin versus Ved?ntin, Sanskrit riddles,
S??khya thought, dharma, Kashmir Saivism, Solar and lunar lines in the Sanskrit
epics, miscarriage in ?yurvedic literature, relationship between God and the
world, etc. Muneo Tokunaga chaired the organizing committee, while renowned
Sanskrit scholars from all over the world participated, including: Masato
Fujii, Jared Klein, James Fitzgerald, Shingo Einoo, George Cardona, Yigal
Bronner, Takanobu Takahashi, Dominik Wujastyk, Karin Preisendanz, Akira Saito,
Nalini Balbir, Mark Siderits, Noel Sheth, Yasuke Ikari, Hans Bakker, Patrick
Olivelle, Axel Michaels, Masaaki Hattori, etc. Previous such conferences were
held in Edinburg (United Kingdom, 2006), Helsinki (Finland, 2003), Torino
(Italy, 2000).
Zed, who is president or Universal Society
of Hinduism, asked India Government to do much more for the development, propagation,
encouragement and promotion of Sanskrit in India and the world, which was
essential for the development of India and preservation of its cultural heritage.
Sanskrit also provided the theoretical foundation of ancient sciences.
Rajan Zed stressed that India Government should
establish a world-level national library of Sanskrit besides Sanskrit libraries
in each state; make Sanskrit available as a subject in all secondary, under-graduate,
graduate, and doctoral schools in India; provide Sanskrit teachers' training
courses in all the states; enrich manuscripts collections; publish rare manuscripts;
provide easily accessible distance learning courses for learners world over;
coordinate the Sanskrit research done around the globe; frequently organize
world level research conferences; provide generous funding for research projects;
etc.
