Vande Mataram..! What does it mean..? - Page 3

oh my Gosh!!! shocked shocked shocked, lata has been singing for that long? 😕 that movie is so old

Originally posted by: raunaq

oh my Gosh!!! shocked shocked shocked, lata has been singing for that long? 😕 that movie is so old

I know Raunaq.. that song is more than half a century hold..! This woman is amazing..! Like they said in the show.. is the Sarastwati of India..

Originally posted by: Meena1

Is Sankrit the forgotten language of India..? First time i actually heard it verbally....

Meenaji, Sanskrit is never a forgotten language of India, in fact it is still very much use in India in all its glory and do you know that your name is actually sanskrit. Meena = fish in sanskrit and it represents the zodiac sign Pisces, when the name is given to lady, it means the one whose eyes are in the shape of a fish . It is the language of our great epics Ramayana, Mahabharata, Upanishads, vastushastra, Ayurveda etc etc and is still taught and studied in universities and schools in India and abroad. There is a village in the state of Karnataka in southern india called Mathoor where the locals speak in sanskrit with each other! Please have a look at this article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1199965, prtpage-1.cms

Originally posted by: .:Aphrodite:.

is vande mantaram, india's national anthem?

No Megan.. Its Jana Gana Mana..

" Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha
Dravida Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga
Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga
Tubh Shubha Name Jage
Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange
Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata
Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !
Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He "

Well the translation has been disputed many a times.There have been so many controversies over time regarding the context of it was written. But hope that stays away from these forums.

In all this, I think one man has been forgotten - Hemant Kumar who composed the song for the movie Anand Math. Easily, one of the best compositions in the Indian film industry.

well all i wuld like to state is that poonam was terrific abs outstanding god her pronounciation was fabb man super cool. i cant imagine anyone singing in sanskrit so well hats off 👏

Originally posted by: Meena1

Is Sankrit the forgotten language of India..? First time i actually heard it verbally....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit

The Sanskrit language (???????? ???? sa?sk?t vk, for short ????????&#23 81; sa?sk?tam) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. It has the same status in Nepal as well.

Its position in the cultures of South and Southeast Asia is akin to that of Latin and Greek in the western world and it has evolved into many modern-day languages of the Indian subcontinent. It appears in pre-Classical form as Vedic Sanskrit, with the language of the Rigveda being the oldest and most archaic stage preserved. Dating back to as early as 1700 BC, Vedic Sanskrit is the earliest attested Indo-Aryan language, and one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family.

The corpus of Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific, technical, philosophical and religious texts. Today, Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals in the forms of hymns and mantras. Spoken Sanskrit is still in use in a few traditional institutions in India, and there are some attempts at revival.

Originally posted by: salma93

😆 😆

Whats so funny..? 😳

Sanskrit holds the same significance to the Indian Subcontinent as Arabic holds to the Middle East..!