Sourashtra! Poem by Ramesh T A

Sourashtra!



Soura is a Sanskrit term meaning flame or dawn of Sun
And the people worshiping Sun are called as Sourashtrians!
It is presumed that even Adi Shankara learnt the Mantra
Called Gayathri from the Sourashtrians visiting Gujarat!

Many Sanskrit words are coined from the basic Prakrit
Language of Souraseni now called as Sourashtra sure!
That language, which was in practice in Sourashtra province,
Can be heard only among the Sourashtrians of Tamilnadu!

It's a miracle that an oldest language without script sure
Is still in practice with the mixture of Aryan and Dravidian
Languages of North and South of India in the South now!
With the Tamil or English script, Sourashtra is being written!

When Sanskrit, Latin and other ancient languages have extinct,
Sourashtra language is still in use with the migrated Sourashtrians!

Sunday, June 28, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: history
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Ramesh T A

Ramesh T A

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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