Thursday, 6 July 2017

Evolution of Languages

Evolution of Languages.
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Through oversight, this has been posted in my another blog-site, 
So please check 
HERE  
This is about a passage in 
देव्यथर्वशीर्षम् / devī-atharvaśīrṣam,
where how languages evolved in the first place, is described .
The text itself is in the form of   ऋचा / ṛcā the vedika hymns.
As 'Time'  काल / kāla / यम / yama  is Himself a deva, and as such subject to this phenomenon of evolution, this text treats 'Time' as eternity and immovable reality, while having 'movement' as another aspect.
'deva' is derived from the संस्कृत धातु  saṃskṛta dhātu root-verb 
दिव् / div (to shine, reveal one's existence) > दीव्यते / dīvyate meaning 'shines' or is seen / sensed.
Thus Sun, Moon, Water, Fire, Air, Ether (Space), Earth, Time are 'deva' or devatā, a state of being between the consciousness of living creatures and the gross inert, insentient elements.
Nevertheless they (deva' or devatā),have their own existence in terms of sounds and could be approached and propitiated with the help of appropriate and relevant set of sounds (mantra) chanted correctly and sacrifices offered mostly in Fire.
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