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First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin Indicus “of India,” from Greek Indikós; see India, -ic
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“Dharma,” one of the great untranslatable Indic words, can mean “duty,” or “religion” or “vocation,” but it is fundamentally a duty to oneself, to one’s nature.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
“The Mahabharata is one of two ancient poems. It was written in Sanskrit, an ancient Indic language that is no longer spoken.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
The Indic Class consists of the dead languages Prakrit and Pali, Modern Sanskrit, and Vedic Sanskrit, and the modern Dialects of India, and the Dialects of the Gipsies.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
We believe, consequently, that no department of study, particularly in the humanities, in any major university can be fully equipped without a properly trained specialist in the Indic phases of its discipline.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
The Gulistān and Būstān of Saʻdī, some maxims of Bhartṛhari and a few scattered fragments were all that was known in Europe of Indic or Persian literature before the end of the eighteenth century.
From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.
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