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Sanskrit
Why do Theosophists use it ?
If
you’ve ever seen Terence Ratagan’s play “The Browning Version” you’ll find the
central character is a Classics teacher called Crocker Harris who is always
making jokes and clever comments in Classical Greek and Latin, which nobody can
understand .
Well he
was just intoxicated with his own cleverness; Theosophists on the other hand
have good business reasons for using Sanskrit terms.
Sanskrit
is the ancient religious, philosophical and scientific language of
H P
Blavatsky used Sanskrit terms extensively in the Secret Doctrine to convey
concepts which were derived principally from Brahminical Hinduism. Many of
these words have no equivalent in any modern language. For the same reason H P
Blavatsky also used many Tibetan terms.
There is
also an esoteric reason for the use of Sanskrit. Theosophists maintain that
Sanskrit is a mystical language which has occult properties inherent within it.
These can be summed up as follows:-
1 The
Root Meaning of the word embodying the idea with potent significance. (This was
the language of sages)
2 The
Mystical Sound Value of the word.
3 The
force or power of letters, speech or sound.
The
current interest in Sanskrit Mantra Chanting has been generated by renewed interest
in these properties. It is also claimed that Hebrew has similar properties.
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