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Sanskrit

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sanskritic languagenoun	(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

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sanskritic languagenoun	(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
vaticannoun	A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
fannoun	A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
sanscritnoun	Dated form of Sanskrit. [A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.]
samskritnoun	Obsolete form of Sanskrit. [A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.]
classical sanskritnoun	A codified form of Sanskrit spoken in ancient India.
vedic sanskritnoun	The earliest and most archaic form of Sanskrit, as used in the Vedas.
old indo-aryannoun	The earliest attested stage of the Indo-Aryan languages that developed from Proto-Indo-Aryan, exemplified by Sanskrit as well as Mitanni-Aryan.
shanskritnoun	Obsolete form of Sanskrit. [A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.]
shanscritnoun	Obsolete form of Sanskrit. [A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.]
sunskritnoun	Obsolete form of Sanskrit. [A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.]
old indicnoun	The oldest form of Indo-Aryan languages, specifically Vedic or classical Sanskrit (ca. 1500–300 BCE)
sanskritismnoun	A word or phrase borrowed from Sanskrit for modern usage in India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere, especially in various Indo-Aryan languages.
indicnoun	Pertaining to India or its people, culture and languages; Indian.
palinoun	A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.
indo-aryannoun	Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
sanskritizationnoun	A form of social change in India and Nepal, in which members of lower castes seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the upper or dominant castes.
sansinoun	A member of a nomadic tribe of India, originally located in the northwestern Rajasthan area.
braj bhashanoun	An Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and considered a variety of Western Hindi.
prakritnoun	Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.