Puri, Nov 18: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday released the Sanskrit translation of the sacred Lakshmi Purana at the Central Sanskrit University, Puri, and said that the university has created its own identity in promoting the Sanskrit language.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, "We expect that Sanskrit will work as the mother of all languages in the coming time. The Vedas are also written in this language. The Vedas mention medical treatment, law, politics, social science, history, and metrology. All of this knowledge is written in Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language has the power to give wisdom to the world."

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He further advised that teachers should aim to spread wisdom to society instead of aiming to become just high school teachers.
He was speaking at the inauguration of a three-day international seminar on 'Lakshmi Purana'.

The Minister laid the foundation stone for various developmental projects at Central Sanskrit University's Sadashiv Campus in Puri.

Pradhan stated that India is a country of many rich languages along with ancient languages like Sanskrit and Tamil. He also emphasised that in contemporary times, the relevance of the eternal Indian knowledge tradition and Vedic literature is even greater.

While speaking on the importance of Lakshmi Puran, he said, "By assimilating the knowledge, values and message of Vedas, we can move towards social justice, women empowerment and women-led development."
He expressed hope that the Central Sanskrit University would work to connect new generations with Indian languages, literature and heritage including Sanskrit.

Laxmi Puran, a devotional lyrical poetry composed by the great saint poet, Balaram Das, appeared in the 15th Century A.D. in Puri, Odisha. Balaram Das is known as the "Balmiki" of Odisha because of his "magnum opus" "Ramayan" in the Odiya language. (ANI)

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