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XIV SIGNIFICANCE OF SANSKRIT: M. M. NINAN<br />

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The True History and the Religion <strong>of</strong> India: A Concise Encyclopedia <strong>of</strong> ...<br />

By Swami Prakashanand Saraswati<br />

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Thus every literature that we have in Sanskrit must invariably fall after the first century.<br />

We cannot refute the claims that there were literature in India long before that time. But no body can<br />

substantiate any existence <strong>of</strong> Sanskrit literature before 150 AD. This is therefore definitely applicable to all<br />

Upanishads wherein we have the new concept <strong>of</strong> Brahman, Atman and Iswara<br />

None <strong>of</strong> the Upanishads could have been written in Sanskrit any time before the first century AD is<br />

certain. The concepts themselves are embedded in the vocabulary <strong>of</strong> Sanskrit.<br />

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