classical Sanskrit

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

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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 Sir William Edward Maxwell

Zend, if compared with classical Sanskrit, exhibits in many points of grammar, features of a more primitive character than Sanskrit.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

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 Sir James McCrone Douie

Prominent everywhere in classical Sanskrit poetry, these elements of Nature luxuriate most of all in the drama.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by J. S. Zemin

A modern student knows that in language the Upani@sads approach the classical Sanskrit; the ideas preached also show that they are the culmination of the intellectual achievement of a great epoch.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta