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language. This process of putting down thoughts in writing sharpens the activities of the brain. The
discipline that the writer acquires in systematized writing is carried forward to all other activities and
using refined language and logical argumentation adds to the overall development of the personality.

As a conclusion of the above discussion, it may be said that this generation of researchers is
undernourished as far as language nutrients are concerned and therefore, is facing the problem of
language deficiency, which is affecting their research and the overall personality as well. However,
there are hopes of getting treatment for this academic-health problem in the form of a vaccine to
be injected through the language syllabus as proposed in the new education policy to impress the
importance of languages and of teaching them from childhood.

Research in Language

The first literary composition in world literature is the Rigveda, the first among the four Vaidika
Samhitas. Traditionally, the mantras in the Rigveda are seen by the rishis, the sages, in the highest
state of their realization, or sadhana, but it is noteworthy that the mantras were seen with perfect
metrical constructions and are not artificially composed by any human being; thus they are called
as Apaurusheya. This phenomenal work took place more than five thousand years ago and therefore,
the Rigveda is the first recorded literature of the world. It is in Sanskrit, the most ancient language of
India. Since then Research in Language has started in ancient India with two main aspects, Linguistic
aspect, and literary aspect. There were four main fields of research in literature at that time: Samhitas
of Vedic literature, texts of Darshana — literature, books on the sciences studied in India at that
time, and literary compositions. Social science was not a separate branch of study as it is today but
all the research was socially oriented and its focus was on its application for the benefit of society.
The field of language research was not only very vast but was interdisciplinary. Today, we have to
promote interdisciplinary research by circulating guidelines about it. Maybe this is the consequence
of specialization and super-specialization in various topics of study. This trend undoubtedly leads
to the in-depth study of the topic, but it cuts away from other allied subjects and thus harms the
methodology of research. There are different approaches to reach to the conclusion and they are
taught in the pre-Ph.D. class as a preparation for research but unfortunately they are not used properly
while studying a particular topic of research. There is a big list of approaches such as analytical,
historical, philosophical, scientific, and so on. These approaches are the tools to study a given topic
and are complimentary to review the topic from many angles. Research articles in the journals of the
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and many other institutes of that cadre have proved to be a
heavy dose even for a research student because they are studded with several quotations from different
branches of knowledge. That was the ideal research in the pursuit of truth and truth alone without any
selfish motive or any compromise. Even the ancient Indian Commentaries were wonderful specimens
of thorough research. The great Vedic commentator, Sayanacharya, while writing a commentary
on Vedic mantras records different opinions on the topic from the texts of Nyaya-Darshana (Indian
Logic) or Mimamsa-Darshana (the science of interpretation),. It was possible for him because of the
thorough knowledge of the Indian Knowledge Systems in general and study of the Vedas in particular.
This was the method of research although it was not titled as Research Methodology. One illustration
of the canons of research can be presented here, it is from Mimamsa-Darshana. It is the science of the
interpretation of the Vedic mantras but is useful to understand the methods and canons of research,
which are not confined to any Darshana or Shastra for that matter but are useful for any researcher
to carry forward his work. When the researcher works on a topic he should take care of the following
points and assess his work in that light: It is a fivefold process of discussion, which is described in
Mimamsa texts but it can be a method of self-inquiry and self-assessment of one’s topic to arrive at

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