The document outlines 11 steps that could be taken to promote Sanskrit and contribute to global welfare. These include: 1) Thinking in Sanskrit about daily life and sharing wisdom for global benefit, 2) Communicating in Sanskrit where possible, 3) Using audiovisual aids to help with pronunciation, 4) Including Sanskrit in news broadcasts, 5) Distributing Sanskrit hymns through various media, 6) Providing incentives to students and teachers of Sanskrit, 7) Having Sanskrit schools help address societal problems, 8) Developing Sanskrit translation software, 9) Promoting Sanskrit periodicals, and 10) Creating commercial Sanskrit movies, plays and performing arts.

1. SANSKRIT
PROMOTION
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR1

2. Some practicable steps for Sanskrit promotion and
through that the global welfare (Many more can be
evolved) could be:
1.Thinking in Sanskrit about day to day
life/circumstances and offering the wisdom, the
nectar, the ambrosia; for global welfare. This is
possible and feasible for Sanskrit scholars.
e.g.
NA VYDHIH NA VISHAM TAPAT TATHA
2.
NADHISHVA BHUTALE
KHEDAYAH SWA SHAREERSTHAM
MAURKHYAM EKAM YATHA NRUNAM
3.Dwibhasha samvadam: Trying to communicate
where ever possible and feasible in two languages
including Sanskrit.
4.Audiovisual aids for pronunciation
5.Sanskrit News and/or Bilingual news on all
channels and news papers as in case of news for
deaf

3. 6. Spread of Sanskrit hymns records, audio cassettes,
audio and video CDs, DVDs, MP3s, power point
presentations
7.Incentives right from beginning for students,
teachers and Veda pundits; through scholarships,
awards, honors, felicitations and honorary degrees
and titles
8.Efforts by the Sanskrit path-shalas to recognize
the problems in society and participate in solving
them and thereby "become relevant"
9.Soft ware for Sanskrit translation
10. Promotion of Sanskrit periodicals
11.Making commercial Sanskrit movies and plays,
besides Sanskrit based performing arts