Sanskrit-The Mother of all Languages
Sanskrit is considered as a remote cousin of all the languages of Europe excepting the Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish and Basque. Around 2000 B.C an ancestral group of dialects arose among the tribesmen of South Russia. With Panini (probably 4th century B.C.) the Sanskrit language reached its classical form. It developed a little thence forward except in its vocabulary. The grammar of Panini, Asthadhyayi pre-supposes the work of many earlier grammarians. Latter grammars are mostly commentaries on Panini, the chief being Mahabhasya by Patanjali (Second Century B.C) and the Benaras-Commentary of Jayaditya and Vamana (Seventh Century A.D.). It was from the time of Panini on-wards, that the language began to be called Samskarta, perfected or refined, as opposed to Prakras (natural), the popular dialects which had grown over time. In all probability, Panini based his work on the languages as it was spoken in the North West. Beginning as the lingua franca of the priestly class, it gradually b