The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
by Srila Narayana Maharaja | 2003 | 1,508,963 words | ISBN-10: 8175053925 | ISBN-13: 9788175053922
"The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda" compiles the teachings and writings of Swami Vivekananda, capturing his vast influence as a pivotal figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of the mystic Ramakrishna, delivered profound lectures across the United States and Europe af...
On Language
Simplicity is the secret. My ideal of language is my Master's language, most colloquial and yet most expressive. It must express the thought which is intended to be conveyed.
The attempt to make the Bengali language perfect in so short a time will make it cut and dried. Properly speaking, it has no verbs. Michael Madhusudan Dutt attempted to remedy this in poetry. The greatest poet in Bengal was Kavikankana. The best prose in Sanskrit is Patanjali's Mahabhashya. There the language is vigorous. The language of Hitopadesha is not bad, but the language of Kadambari is an example of degradation.
The Bengali language must be modelled not after the Sanskrit, but rather after the Pali, which has a strong resemblance to it. In coining or translating technical terms in Bengali, one must, however, use all Sanskrit words for them, and an attempt should be made to coin new words. For this purpose, if a collection is made from a Sanskrit dictionary of all those technical terms, then it ill help greatly the constitution of the Bengali language.