India's 5000-Year Knowledge Revolution-How Ancient Grammar Shaped World Philosophy|Prof Kapil Kapoor

Prof Kapil Kapoor reveals the extraordinary depth of India's knowledge systems through the lens of grammatical traditions spanning 5000 years. Discover how Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī became humanity's most sophisticated linguistic analysis and learn how ancient Indian civilization pioneered systematic knowledge preservation. Prof Kapoor, renowned Sanskrit scholar and former JNU professor, exposes the revolutionary nature of India's oral traditions while revealing why Indian civilization has been "knowledge-centred from day one." Essential viewing for scholars, students, and anyone seeking to understand India's intellectual foundations and their global impact.

Key Points
Revolutionary analysis of Pāṇini's grammatical system and its algorithmic precision
Ancient India's systematic approach to knowledge preservation through oral traditions
Philosophical debates between materialists, Buddhists, and Vedantins across millennia
The relationship between language, consciousness, and reality in Indian thought

Concepts explored
Indian knowledge systems, Sanskrit grammar, Pāṇini Aṣṭādhyāyī, Vyākaraṇa tradition, ancient linguistics, oral traditions, Indian philosophy, manuscript culture, knowledge preservation, linguistic philosophy, Vedic studies, traditional education

Speaker
Currently, Prof Kapoor is
Member - PM's 75th year Amrut Mahotsav Committee
Member Exec Council - NMML (Now PMML)
Member, High Level Committee, IKS, Ministry of Education
And Chairman - Editorial Committee, Indian Historical Records Committee, National Archives

Formerly Prof Kapoor was:
Chairman - IIAS
Pro VC - JNU
Chairman, MHRD, Language Expert Committee
Professor of English in JNU and where he also established the Centre for Sanskrit Studies

He is the Editor in Chief of the unique 11 volume set of The Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
And also of the Sahitya Akademi Sponsored and yet to be published - Encyclopaedia of Indian Poetics which is also a UNESCO project

Topics covered
00:00:00: Introduction - Rethinking "Indian Knowledge Systems" vs "India Knowledge"
00:03:45: India as Knowledge-Centered Civilization: Evidence from texts and manuscripts
00:09:30: Three Paths of Life: Jñāna Marga as primary path in Bhagavad Gītā
00:14:20: Massive Manuscript Tradition: 10+ million manuscripts vs 60,000 Biblical manuscripts
00:18:30: Grammatical Tradition Foundation: Six Vedāṅgas and language sciences primacy
00:25:40: Yāska's Nirukta: Etymology and meaning interpretation methodology
00:33:50: Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī: World's first algorithmic grammar system analysis
00:42:15: Phonetics Tradition: Śikṣā texts and articulatory precision requirements
00:52:30: Post-Pāṇinian Development: Kātyāyana's critiques and Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya
00:58:45: Philosophy of Language: Grammarians vs Buddhist debates on meaning
01:12:00: Bhartṛhari's Revolution: Language as world-constructor and consciousness
01:24:30: Sixteen Philosophical Systems: From Cārvāka materialism to Advaita Vedanta
01:35:15: Freedom of Interpretation: Knowledge tradition vs sacred text restrictions

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