At present, the Telugu language contains about 65% of
Sanskrit words. That is the highest at present. In all
the Indian texts that were written prior to 1600 A.D.,
Telugu texts contained even higher percentage of
Sanskrit words. The first line of one classic poem in
Telugu is:"Baala rasaala saala nava pallava komala
kavya kanyakan" - all the words are Sanskrit. Pundits
call it "Grandhika Andhram" (Telugu of classic texts).
The Puranas say that Goddess of speech Saraswathi spoke
Telugu when she started speaking as a child, and spoke
Sanskrit when she matured at the age of sixteen.
2007-02-11
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