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sanskrit Definition:
- Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, a philosophical language of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism, and a literary language of ancient and medieval South Asia that also served as a lingua franca. It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European. As one of the oldest Indo-European languages for which substantial written documentation exists, Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.
| Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda. |
| Sanskrit (a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit |
| Sanskrit literature Hindu literature written in Sanskrit |
| Sanskrit / Sanskritic language (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism), an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes |
sanskrit Synonyme:
| writing system Arabic Armenian Assyrian Avestan Babylonian Berber Chalcidian Cherokee Coptic Cretan Cyrillic Elamitic Etruscan Georgian Gothic Greek Hebrew IPA ITA Iberian Initial Teaching Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet Irish Kalmuck Korean Latin Lemnian Libyan Linear A Linear B Lycian Lydian Manchu Mayan Minoan Mitannic Mongolian Nubian Oscan Pahlavi Permian Persian Phoenician Phrygian Sanskrit Scandinavian Semitic Sinaitic Sogdian Sumerian Szeklian Tuareg Uighur Umbrian Vietnamese alphabet alphabetics futhark graphemics hiragana kana kanji katakana letter letters ogham paleography punctuation runic runic alphabet script syllabary written character |