Skt.
Skt. is the abbreviation of Sanskrit.
Meaning of Sanskrit
Noun
Sanskrit (uncountable)
- 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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- What is Skt. the abbreviation of?
- Skt. is the abbreviation of Sanskrit.
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