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Sanskrit was born in an old ware shop 8212; Minister

CHENNAI, JULY 26: Education Minister K Anbazhagan today strongly criticised the Sanskrit vada mozhi language by stating that it was born...

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CHENNAI, JULY 26: Education Minister K Anbazhagan today strongly criticised the Sanskrit vada mozhi language by stating that it was born in a kayalankadai8217; old ware shop. It is an artificial language. It was unacceptable that Sanskrit is a language of communication with God and the Almighty knew only that language.

Sanskrit was not there when Tamil language was born, the Minister said adding that it was introduced by Aryans when they invaded the sub-continent that too 500 years after Tamil language8217;s origin. 8220;No fool will believe that Tamil was born only after the birth of Sanskrit8221;. He said Sanskrit was a mixture of various local languages in the North and it was developed by Aryans basically to communicate in script-form.

The Minister, who was participating in the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Tamil scholar Maraimalai Adigal, under the auspices of Chennai District Library Authority Committee CDLAC, said Sanskrit grew not because of its rich concepts, but due to self-made concepts.

The Minister even attacked Gods of the Hindu pantheon include Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, who as per the Puranas, were assigned the duty of creation8217;, protection8217;, and destruction8217;. 8220;Why the three should be given different kinds of jobs. I think they too were jobless and searching for jobs like us,8221; he said.

Anbazhagan did not spare Brahmins and Lord Shiva either. He said the Brahmin community had formulated a theory wherein they had the privilege to sit even on the shoulders of God; whereas shudras non-brahmins had to carry God on their shoulders. Referring to Lord Shiva, who had adorned himself with a snake around his neck, the Minister said: 8220;Even Parvathi Lord Shiva8217;s wife would have been frightened by seeing the snake8221;.

 

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