Sanskrit ‘scientific’ and ‘computer-friendly’ language, says Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has described Sanskrit as a “scientific” language and said India must gain deeper knowledge through it if the country needs to become a Vishwa Guru (world leader).

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader made the comments on Sunday (May 14) while speaking at the closing ceremony of a Sanskrit learning initiative that started on April 23.

Gupta glorifies Sanskrit

"The glorious history of India is written in this language, our culture is recorded in it, and it is taught in over 60 universities across the world,” she said.

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“While researching, I found that even NASA scientists have written research papers on it, recognising it as a scientific language, one that supports (computer) coding and commands. Sanskrit is a scientific language."

Gupta underlined that Sanskrit was the foundation of Indian culture as well as many Indian languages.

Mother of Indian languages

"Every state has a mother tongue. In reality, Sanskrit is our mother tongue as every language has descended from Sanskrit,” she asserted.

“Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Sindhi, Malayalam — these are all branches of Sanskrit," she said.

"If India wants to become a Vishva Guru (world leader), then we must gain deeper knowledge through Sanskrit. This is the language that once ran our sciences, businesses, and culture," the chief minister added.

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Delhi government and Sanskrit

The Delhi government, in collaboration with the NGO Samskrita Bharati, organised the Sunday event.

Gupta said her government would deepen support to schools where Sanskrit was taught to children.