Page 14 - Appreciating Sanskrit
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The Ancient and                                             most magnificent, the


                   classical creations of the  most perfect and


                   Sanskrit tongue both in                                     wonderfully sufficient



                   quality and in body and                                     literary instruments


                   abundance of                                                developed by the human


                   excellence, in their                                        mind, at once majestic


                   potent originality and                                      and sweet and flexible,


                   force and beauty, in their  strong and clearly-



                   substance and art and                                       formed and full and


                   structure, in grandeur                                      vibrant and subtle, and


                   and justice and charm of  its quality and character



                   speech and in the height  would be of itself a


                   and width of the reach of  sufficient evidence of the


                   their spirit stand very                                     character and quality of


                   evidently in the front                                      the race whose mind it



                   rank among the world’s                                      expressed and the


                   great literatures. The                                      culture of which it was


                   language itself, as has                                     the reflecting medium.



                   been universally


                   recognized by those                                                                       Sri Aurobindo,
                                                                                                   CWSA, 20, 314-315
                   competent to form a


                   judgment, is one of the
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