Editing Sanskrit (section)

=== Schools and contemporary status ===
{{see also | Sanskrit revival}} <!-- alternatively pipelink it within the text below -->
[[File:Sanskrit festival at Pramati School, Mysore.jpg|thumb|Sanskrit festival at [[Pramati Hillview Academy]], [[Mysore]], India]]
Sanskrit has been taught in schools from time immemorial in India. In modern times, the first Sanskrit University was [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]], established in 1791 in the Indian city of [[Varanasi]]. Sanskrit is taught in 5,000&nbsp;traditional schools (Pathashalas), and 14,000&nbsp;schools<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vision and Roadmap of the Sanskrit Development |url=http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/data/Vision_and_Road_Map.pdf |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807000915/http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/data/Vision_and_Road_Map.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> in India, where there are also 22&nbsp;colleges and universities dedicated to the exclusive study of the language.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP--> Sanskrit is one of the 22&nbsp;[[Languages with official status in India#Scheduled languages of the Indian Constitution|scheduled languages of India]].{{sfn|Daniels|1996|pp=371–372}} Despite it being a studied school subject in contemporary India, Sanskrit has not been spoken as a native language in centuries.<ref name=patrick-mccartney-5-10-20 /><ref name=patrick-mccartney-5-11-20 /><ref name=sreevastan-thehindu-sanskrit />

In India, Sanskrit is offered as a language in central and several state education board schools and is also taught in traditional [[gurukula]]s across the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=In 2013, UPA to CBSE: Make Sanskrit a must |date=4 December 2014 |newspaper=The Indian Express |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-2013-upa-to-cbse-make-sanskrit-a-must/ |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226170651/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-2013-upa-to-cbse-make-sanskrit-a-must/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A number of [[List of Sanskrit universities in India|colleges and universities]] in India have dedicated departments for Sanskrit studies. In March 2020, the [[Indian Parliament]] passed the ''Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020'' which upgraded three universities, [[National Sanskrit University]], [[Central Sanskrit University]] and [[Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University]], from the [[deemed to be university]] status to a [[Central university (India)|central university]] status.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/uploads/2020_05_09_VC/The_Central_Sanskrit_Universities_Act_2020.pdf|access-date=22 November 2020|title=Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020|date=25 March 2020|publisher=[[Government of India]]|work=[[The Gazette of India]]|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022201528/http://sanskrit.nic.in/uploads/2020_05_09_VC/The_Central_Sanskrit_Universities_Act_2020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Dmitri Mendeleev]] used the Sanskrit numbers of one, two and three (''eka-'', ''dvi-'' or ''dwi-'', and ''tri-'' respectively) to give provisional names to his predicted elements, like eka-boron being [[Gallium]] or eka-[[Francium]] being [[Ununennium]].

In the province of [[Bali]] in Indonesia, a number of educational and scholarly institutions have also been conducting Sanskrit lessons for Hindu locals.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ3B5C0lxeE| title = A Sanskrit class being conducted in a village in Bali, Indonesia| website = YouTube| date = 3 March 2019| access-date = 26 August 2021| archive-date = 26 August 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210826075148/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ3B5C0lxeE| url-status = live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=User generated content, no context, no notability asserted|date=July 2023}}

==== In the West ====
{{see also | Sanskrit revival#Revival outside India }}

[[St James Independent Schools|St James Junior School]] and [[Avanti Schools Trust]] in London, England, offer Sanskrit as part of the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanskrit @ St James |website=Sanskrit @ St James |access-date=8 October 2017 |url=http://www.sanskritatstjames.org.uk/about-us/st-james-schools/ |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009042112/http://www.sanskritatstjames.org.uk/about-us/st-james-schools/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since September 2009, US high school students have been able to receive credits as Independent Study or toward Foreign Language requirements by studying Sanskrit as part of the "SAFL: Samskritam as a Foreign Language" program coordinated by [[Samskrita Bharati]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why SAFL? |author=Varija Yelagalawadi |website=Samskrita Bharati USA |url=http://www.samskritabharatiusa.org/index.php/safl-why.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512170117/http://www.samskritabharatiusa.org/index.php/safl-why.html |archive-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In Australia, the private boys' high school [[Sydney Grammar School]] offers Sanskrit from years&nbsp;7 through to 12, including for the [[Higher School Certificate (New South Wales)|Higher School Certificate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Headmaster's Introduction |author=Sydney Grammar School |url=http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/headmaster/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315001425/http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/headmaster/ |archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Other schools that offer Sanskrit include the Ficino School in Auckland, New Zealand; St James Preparatory Schools in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa; John Colet School, Sydney, Australia; Erasmus School, Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |website=John Scottus School |url=https://www.johnscottus.ie/ |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902010646/https://www.johnscottus.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sanskrit script opens the path to spirituality and helps improve focus |series=Saturday Star |website=Independent Online |place=South Africa |url=https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/sanskrit-script-opens-the-path-to-spirituality-and-helps-improve-focus-13127550 |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404061051/https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/sanskrit-script-opens-the-path-to-spirituality-and-helps-improve-focus-13127550 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barrett |first=David V. |year=1996 |title=Sects, Cults, and Alternative Religions: A world survey and sourcebook |publisher=Blandford |isbn=0713725672 |location=London, UK |oclc=36909325 |url=https://archive.org/details/sectscultsaltern00barr}}</ref>