classical Sanskrit

American  

noun

1. Sanskrit of an ancient period earlier than that of the Prakrits and later than Vedic.

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Example Sentences

It is believed that these Pracrits represented certain local dialects, as opposed to the purer and more classical Sanskrit.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The use of birch bark for literary purposes is attested by the earliest classical Sanskrit writers.

From Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

In other cases, names unknown in classical Sanskrit, but obviously compounded of Sanskrit words, have been given by the Malays or Javanese.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir

The suffix in -um is an accusative, like the corresponding infinitive of classical Sanskrit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Ráví was known to the writers of the Vedic hymns as the Parushní, but is called in classical Sanskrit Irávatí, whence the Hydraotes of the Greek historians.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir