International Journal of Language & Linguistics

Religion in the Perspective of Language and Literature in India
Dr. J John Sunil Manoah

Abstract
There are many religions and many languages in the World in which very few has got its history and origin, but when it comes as a subject it must hold the priorities which applies for both ends. In listing out the order of priority of religion in India, we take Hinduism, Islamism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, where as in language, we take the Indian languages first then comes the foreign languages. Both Religion and language always walk together in the domain of spirituality. It is believed the every human who is longing for spiritual freedom must need the help of language to fulfill it. Language is a constant supplier of source to the religion and through language Literature plays a vital role in shaping up the presentation of religion in languages. In my article I tend to portrait the relationship between religion and Literature and their influence in emulating knowledge and resource in mankind, thou its broad area I picked the languages and religions that predominate only in India.

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