With the growth of Anti-Brahminical movement demand was made to drop Sanskrit words and phrases from several Indian languages because
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → To resist the spread of culture of upper caste groups
Option (3) To resist the spread of culture of upper caste groups — Correct. Sanskrit was the language of the Brahminical, upper-caste tradition. Under sanskritisation, lower castes took up upper-caste rites and ways, and the key features of their own culture were eroded. The anti-Brahminical movement pushed back against this, and dropping Sanskrit words and phrases from Indian languages was one way of resisting the spread of upper-caste culture.
NCERT (2025-26): “Sanskritisation … With the growth of the anti-Brahminical movement and the development of regional self-consciousness in the twentieth century there was an attempt in several Indian languages to drop Sanskrit words and phrases. A crucial result of the Backward Classes Movement was to emphasise the role of secular factors in the upward mobility of caste groups and individuals. In the case of the dominant castes, there was no longer any desire to pass for the Vaisyas, Kshatriyas and Brahmins. On the other hand, it was prestigious to be a member of the dominant caste.…” |