RSS is an outstanding organization doing incredibly important
work at grassroots level. Their love for devbhasha Sanskrit is known.
Their daily prarthana is not in Hindi, but in Sanskrit. However, during
physical training exercises, they use Hindi numerals, ek, do, tin, chaar etc.
They can make a very easy little modification in that. Use Sanskrit
numerals: शून्य
एक द्वि त्रि
चतुर् पञ्च षष् सप्त अष्ट नव दस... The shakha going
kids will learn these numbers easily while doing their Surya-Namaskaars, in
just a few days. This would add to his Sanskrit-awareness and understanding how
‘das-
दस’ of Sanskrit
numeral became root of the European/English word ‘decimal’ and that
decimal based mathematics was Indian Invention and how thousands European
words have their root in English.
It would add
distinctiveness and pride among swayamseveks.
If you are
running any school, its PT or Yogaasan teacher also can start using Sanskrit
numerals instead of currently used numbering.
Even, private
yoga teachers can begin using Sanskrit pronunciation of numerals in their work.
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