I also would be happy (and surprised) to see references to a divine origin of Sanskrit. It is true that Sanskrit is daivī vāk (Bhartṛhari) “divine language” or “language of the gods”, but this does not mean that is has a divine origin. In Brahmanical circles, at least since Kātyāyana and Patañjali, Sanskrit is eternal and has no origin at all.
Johannes Bronkhorst > On 27 Jul 2022, at 13:36, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > George Cardona has a 1990 paper, "On Attitudes Towards Language in Ancient > India" that might be helpful. It was published as #15 of the Sino-Platonic > Papers from the Department of Oriental Studies at UPenn. I can dig up a PDF > as needed. > > Best, > Dave > -- > David Buchta, PhD > Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit > Department of Classics > Brown University > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:08 AM Gruenendahl, Reinhold > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear list members, > > I would be very grateful for any references to the concept of a divine origin > of Sanskrit in primary and/or secondary literature. > > > > With thanks in advance > > and best wishes > > Reinhold Grünendahl > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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