'Difficult to Understand': Sanskrit Words Cloud Concepts in NCERT Social Science Textbook
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 19 May 2025 | The Telegraph
The NCERT has used Sanskrit terms in the social science textbook for Class VII this year. Part I of the textbook, Exploring Society India and Beyond, guides students on how to read the Sanskrit texts written in Roman script with diacritical signs.
“However, as we are using only a few simple signs, you will find it easy to get used to them. You will also find that they help you pronounce Sanskrit words fairly correctly,” said the book in a section titled “Your Journey Through This Textbook”. It goes on to say that a short dash, called macron, over a vowel indicates that it is pronounced with a long sound. “For instance, dānā is pronounced ‘daana’; līlā is pronounced ‘leelaa’; sūtra is sootra,” it said…