ICSS 2016
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Item A Study on Linguistic and Literary Characteristics of Sanskrit Language arising from the Buthsarana(Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016) Gamage, M.Buthsarana composed by vidyachakravarthi during the polonnaruwa era could be identified as a literary and a religious text. When examining the contents of Buthsarana it appears that the objective of the writer was to generate Buddhist religious devotion with the reader while panegyrizing the nine fold righteous virtues of Lord Buddha. But it is conspicuous from Buthsarana that it describes the Sanskrit linguistic literature that dominated during the Polonnaruwa era. It is obvious that Sanskrit language and the poetic tradition had influenced Buthsarana linguistically and literally. Objective of this research is to conduct a study on above factors. Certain other works can also be noted that reveals the manner of the Sanskrit influence was acquired by Sinhala literature during the Polonnaruwa era. Among them, the text adapted for this research is Buthsarana. This is a research conducted in association of primary and secondary sources. The text Buthsarana as primary sources and critical ideas of post classical experts and Sanskrit language and literature texts will be associated as secondary sources. Main expectation from this comparative study, a fresh aggregation of knowledge could be contributed regarding Sanskrit language, literature and above the manner in which Buthsarana acquired its influence.Item Trends in the Use of Sanskrit Language in Media and Communication(Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016) Ridmi, D.H.D.S.; Chandradasa, N.A.M.L.The entire communication system is centrally linked with language and it is identified language as a core factor in communication. However, in the present categorization of languages, the Sanskrit language is considered as an inanimate (death) language. Nevertheless, this belief cannot be considered as accurate. The Sanskrit language is one of the world’s most perfect, scientific and formal languages. As in Sinhala language, Sanskrit is the root language for many other languages such as German, Caltic, Bevilto, Slavic, etc. The Sanskrit language is evident in traditional, social, religious and academic communication, modern communication and new communication methods which come under the categorization of communication modes. Among the trends in new Sanskrit languages, telephone and computer software are also made by the use of structure and syntax of Sanskrit language. According to the NASA, Sanskrit is the language which is used in computers. In addition, Sanskrit is used not only as an official language but also it is used as a colloquial language in some regions of India such as Maththur in Karnataka, in Jhri village, Ganora in Rajasthan, Shyam Sundaram Pur in Orissa. Thus, the main purpose of this research is to explore the way in which Sanskrit language, which is the native language for many other languages, is used in communication. Interviews and content analysis will be used as methods of data collection. Data will be analyzed using a mixed approach of both quantitative and qualitative methods.