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Language and Literature of India

CBSE · Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India

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1. Language, Culture, and Human Life

  • Bhāṣā means language and is derived from the Sanskrit root Bhāṣ, meaning to speak or to say.
  • Language is a primary means of communication, social bonding, and cultural expression.
  • Knowledge, customs, values, and history move from one generation to the next through language.
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2. Multilingualism and India’s Language Diversity

  • India has great linguistic diversity because of its wide geography, many communities, and long history.
  • The country has five major language families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burmese, and Semito-Hamitic.
  • Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European group of languages.
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3. Growth of Literature in India

  • Indian literature presents the history of ideas, beliefs, institutions, and values.
  • The ancient period falls roughly between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 1000.
  • Main writing languages in ancient India were Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, and Prakrit.
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4. Vedic and Post-Vedic Literature

  • Śruti literature is heard and revealed literature.
  • Smṛti literature is remembered and later recorded literature.
  • The four Vedas are R̥gveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, and Sāmveda.

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Language is the main meansThe word Bhāṣā is derived fromIndia has rich linguistic diversity shapedIndian literature develops through stages suchShruti literature includes the Vedas

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