In India, we have Vedic (Archaic) Sanskrit and classical Sanskrit. The personality of the works varies by the dialect. The works in archaic sanskrit, primarily

In India, we have Vedic (Archaic) Sanskrit and classical Sanskrit. The personality of the works varies by the dialect. The works in archaic sanskrit, primarily the collection of religious books known as Vedas, are often fierce and vivid in their imagery. The refined, classical dialect of Sanskrit, while having rich literature, doesn't match the "fierceness" of the Ancient Sanskrit. The language itself gets a lot "softer" as the time progresses, and the religious and non religious texts, the dieties alike get a lot "softer" and regularized over time as well. Here the causation can be reverse - with transition from an indo-european semi nomaidc pastoralist-agriculturist lifestyle to a larger scale urban centers and settled agriculture, and priest class isolated from much of real life affairs. But an interesting observation is that Vedic Sanskrit with it's pitch accent and complex word formations is harder to pronounce and sounds, for lack of better description, more fierce and natural. Eg: https://x.com/holatombola/status/1769214151929295089 https://x.com/holatombola/status/1769214151929295089