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It's quite likely that natural Sanskrit did not have those properties, and all that has survived is the well documented formalizations of its grammar. EDIT: By
by zeckalpha 13y ago
It's quite likely that natural Sanskrit did not have those properties, and all that has survived is the well documented formalizations of its grammar.
EDIT: By natural, I meant Vedic. Speaking as a linguist, I doubt that all of Sanskrit was accounted for when it was formalized.
- anuraj 13y agoThere is nothing called natural Sanskrit(refined) - Sanskrit is a specialized language built and used for only scholarly purposes - ordinary people always used to communicate in Prakrit(unrefined)
- FlyingSnake 13y agoI doubt that is the case. Panini wrote Sanskrit grammer in around 4th century B.C. and it is still the base of Sanskrit education.