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International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Linguistics
Length:
3,762 words
Illustration(s):
5

Sanskrit is the oldest attested member of the I[ndo-] A[ryan] language family, a subbranch of Indo-Iranian, which is in turn ...

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A Dictionary of Asian Mythology

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2002
Subject:
Society and culture, Customs and Traditions, Social sciences, Regional and Area Studies
Length:
73 words

Sanskrit (or Sanscrit) is a word derived from saṃskṛta, meaning “perfectly formed.” It is the ancient language of ...

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The Oxford Companion to the Book

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Social sciences
Length:
1,262 words

Sanskrit has been used longer and more extensively than any other language of South Asia—from the ancient Vedic texts preserved ...

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The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature
Length:
4,892 words

i. Historical Introduction ...

Sanskrit, in its older form of Vedic Sanskrit (so termed from its use in the Vedas,

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A Dictionary of Buddhism

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Religion
Length:
144 words

The primary language of classical Indian literature, philosophy, and scripture. Its origins are uncertain since the earliest extant inscriptions are ...

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A Dictionary of Hinduism

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Religion
Length:
479 words

An Indo-European language belonging (according to the categorization of philologists) to the Indian, or Indic, branch of the Indo-Iranian language ...

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A Dictionary of Hinduism

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Religion
Length:
11 words

Derived from the cultural complex associated with the Sanskrit language. ...

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World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
93 words

Classical language of India, the literary and sacred language of Hinduism, and a forerunner of the modern Indo‐Iranian languages ...

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Archaeology, History
Length:
42 words

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An early Indo‐European language, still used in India as the literary language of Hindu religious texts. In 1786 Sir William Jones...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
59 words
an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived.... ... More

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