Sanscrit

Noun

Sanskrit (uncountable)

1. A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.
   • The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could...2004, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, “Introduction”, in Indo-European Language and Culture, page 8

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