Why is the Sanskrit language important?

Answer 1

There are several reasons, a few are being recounted here:

<1> It is the language of Cultural Expression of India. The best of Indian Cultural Ethos is documented in this langauge.

<2> This language belongs to what is popularly known Indo-European or Indo-Dermanic Family of langauges. Its detailed study in this sense helps track down the historic and cultural roots of the other languges belonging to the family.

<3> It serves as one of the evidences to track human movements across the continents esp. Asia and Europe.

<4> Of all the ancient languages the Grammar and Philology of Sanskrit is the most accurately documented in one of the best written Grammars ever viz, the Panini's AshtadhyayI and its complements the vArtikas of Katyayana and Patanjali's MahbhaShyam.

<5> The Oldest Scripture known to the civilized world namely the Rg Veda is in a form of Sanskrit called the Vedic Langauge from which has evolved the Classical forms of the language.

<6> The syntax-free nature of the sentences of Sanskrit afford a self-aligning semntic structure for the language which fact can be used to build easily Natural Language Interfaces to Computers. Much work need be done here. The possiblities are many.

Answer 2

Sanskrit is important because it is the ancient language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and contains a vast body of knowledge in fields like Vedic literature, philosophy, grammar, and medicine. It is also the language in which many important religious texts, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana, were written. Additionally, Sanskrit has influenced and enriched other languages, and continues to be used in traditional ceremonies and rituals in India.