LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 23:2 February 2023
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Journey into the Realm of Mathematics and Language

B. A. Mahalakshmi Prasad, M.A.

Abstract

Language is organic, innate and ubiquitous. It is the skill that connects everything. Humans try to explore and express themselves through language. The nature and components of language have been humans’ preoccupation for a long time. As a corollary, mathematics is also a medium through which humans try to make sense of their world and also express themselves. Humans have remained fascinated by the shapes in nature, and they constantly try to explore and express the world in mathematics. I think that both language and mathematics are inherent behaviors that humans possess and exhibit.

As I tried to learn mathematics, I was inevitably struck by the features that overlap and run parallel in both the subjects – mathematics and language. This paper is more about my little understanding of both the subjects.

Keywords: inherent behaviours, mathematics, language, components of mathematics, features of language, comparison of mathematics and language.

Sounds of Sanskrit

In the seminal text Ashtaadhayayi of Panini, Panini begins the text with the salutations to the “supreme spirit”. In Ashtaadhayayi, Panini has organized the sounds of Sanskrit -- there are fourteen verses for the recitation of the Sanskrit alphabet (47 letters: 14 vowels and 33 consonants). It is known as the Akshara-samamnaya, “recitation of phonemes”. The Sanskrit alphabet sequence of akshara is also known as Varna-mala, “garland”. The word varna means a “syllable” and all the energies related to that syllable — colour, presiding force, the mouth part used to pronounce each syllable, the related body part, etc. Each of the fourteen verses consists of a group of basic Sanskrit phonemes.

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B. A. Mahalakshmi Prasad, M.A.
Sagar Institute of Science and Technology, Ratibad
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