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It is a fact that most of the words of Malayalam are of Sanskrit origin. Malayalam newspapers have cultivated a language of journalism which incorporates Sanskrit words both old and new. The readers do not feel much strangeness towards the Sanskrit words though they are newly coined. Large number of new Sanskrit words are accommodated in the newspapers as translations of particular terms in science, politics, economics environment and hygiene etc.. Readers who confront these new words, for e.g. 'agolatapanam' for global warming, unconsciously add them to their store of vocabulary, of course after the repeated reading of these words. They are not aware

262 of the sanskritization taking place. The introduction of new concepts and terms into Malayalam is done with the help of Sanskrit. Some interesting examples of such words printed in newspapers and leaned by the readers. informally are given below. These words are collected from the various Malayalam Dailies. published in September and November 2009. Random selection is made from Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Desabhimani, and Janmabhumi. The new words are introduced in the reporting of news especially in the areas of science, literature, economics, politics, administration and religion etc.. And in most of the cases the new words are exactly the Sanskrit translation of English terms. Some words are borrowed from traditional Sanskrit vocabulary. Some Sanskrit words used in the Malayalam reporting of news in science, literature, economics and politics are listed below. Most of them are compounds. Science 1. Rajyantarajyotissastravarsam 2. Naksatravanapaddhati 3. Kanikapariksanan 4. Sitikaranasamvidhanam 5. Atyadhunikavidurasamvedanopagraham 6. Vartavinimayayopagraham

263 7. Samudraparyavesanopagraham 8. Urjasamraksanavabodham 9. Anuvikiranam 10. Sampustikaranarahasyam Literature 1. Sargatmakasamarayauvanam 2. Prabhavakendram, 3. Sajivasradha 4. Ayasarahitam 5. Abhutapurvam 6. Visvakathakari, 7. Anubhutisandram 8. Apurvasundaram 9. Sahajasiddhi 10. Nigudharahasyam Economics and Politics 1. Antarastra vipani 2. Paddhati vihitam 3. Agolikaranam 4. Udaravatkaranam,

264 5. Agolasam padiak vyavastha 6. Niks epasamaharana yajnam 7. Baksyasuraksaniyamam 8. Daridrya nirmarjanam, 9. Agolasampatikapratisandhi 10.Svakaryavatkaranam Religion 1. Gorakshamanavadharmam 2. Gohatyaniodhanam 3. Atmajnanavum Brahmasvarupatvavum 4. Atmajnanavum Brahmasvarupatvavum 5. Viswamangala gogramayatra 6. Gogramasamskrti 7. Acharyavacas 8. Panchabhuta dosha parihara yanjasamapanam 9. Peetavastram 10. Asramasamucayam 11.Sarvamataprarthana. Readers of the newspapers in which these words appeared are common people of Kerala. The high literacy and political consciousness of Kerala, makes it possible for all most all the people to read one or two

265 newspapers daily. They internalise new words like 'Agolatapanam' which is the translation of the word 'global warming' without knowing its Sanskrit origin and only understanding it as a Malayalam word. In this manner Malayalam requires new words and new concepts through Sanskrit words appropriated to that language. This is an interesting example of unconscious informal education of Sanskrit in the society as a whole through the print media and the development of Malayalam language with the help of Sanskrit.