Basavaraj,<div><br></div><div>First of all, welcome to the mailing list and thanks for you interest in wikipedia.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Basavaraj Itnal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:basavarajitnal@yahoo.com" target="_blank">basavarajitnal@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">1. Till the Britsh Raj, Brahmins kept a large part of Indian society out of bounds from knowledge which was in Sanskrit. They had provisions to pour molten lead into the ears of non-brahmins (including all women) who even heard a word of sanskrit. knowledge contained in that language is now available in English and Sanskrit only symbolises tyranny. Do we need Wikipedia in Sanskrit with the support of govt funding?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>On you question on government support for a specific language, it would be inappropriate for anyone to comment on behalf of government action. They (govt) are probably best positioned to respond to that query.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As a far support for wikipedia or wikipedia is concerned, given there is a lot of volunteer work to be done, support from any quarters is welcome - individuals or organisations is welcome.</div><div><br>
</div><div>The intention of this list is to connect wikipedians and those interested in wikipedia. </div><div><br></div><div>Wikipedia seeks to collate the sum total off all knowledge and make it available for all to use freely. That includes as many languages as possible including Sanskrit and Pali.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We should also bear in mind the following as well;</div><div><br></div><div>- The eight schedule of the Indian constitution lists Sanskrit as one of the 22 languages [1]</div><div>- Sanskrit is also the official language of one of the states of India - Uttarkhand. [2]</div>
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2. Why cannt we have a wikepedia in Pali as well, the language which was used by Budha and which can give us an alternate view on life to that of vedic view?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This has been answered by others on the list. You are welcome to contribute to Pali or any other language of your choice / interest on wikipedia.Volunteer content contributions are most welcome.</div>
<div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_languages_of_India">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_languages_of_India</a></div><div>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarkhand">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarkhand</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>best regards</div><div>Arun</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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