Sanskrit
or San·scrit
[san-skrit]
- an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt
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- Also San·skrit·ic, San·scrit·ic. of or relating to Sanskrit.
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Origin of Sanskrit
First recorded in 1610–20, Sanskrit is from the Sanskrit word saṃskṛta adorned, perfected
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Examples from the Web for sanskrit
Contemporary Examples
I remember reading about how you and your wife had a message in Sanskrit inside your wedding bands.
Hugh Jackman on ‘Prisoners,’ the Oscars, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ and MoreMarlow Stern
September 16, 2013
After a successful run at film festivals, a film based on a Sanskrit epic suddenly sparks turmoil in New York.
The Sanskrit noun avatāra is derived from a verbal root that means "to cross over," just as Jake does in his journey.
Tra comes from a Sanskrit word trayate that means "to liberate."
"I've labored all my life in the paddy fields of Sanskrit," she has said.
Historical Examples
Ebb and flow and flood-tide have become as difficult as Sanskrit synonyms for me.
Tales of FishesZane Grey
Mr. Borrow derives this name from the Sanskrit Ksump, to go.
The GypsiesCharles G. Leland
It was Pandit Ramsarvaswa's duty to see to the progress of our Sanskrit.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
Sanskrit and Sanscrit are used interchangeably in the original.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
I could not, nor had I the need to, understand a word of the Sanskrit.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
Sanskrit
- an ancient language of India, the language of the Vedas, of Hinduism, and of an extensive philosophical and scientific literature dating from the beginning of the first millennium bc. It is the oldest recorded member of the Indic branch of the Indo-European family of languages; recognition of the existence of the Indo-European family arose in the 18th century from a comparison of Sanskrit with Greek and Latin. Although it is used only for religious purposes, it is one of the official languages of India
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Word Origin
C17: from Sanskrit samskrta perfected, literally: put together
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Word Origin and History for sanskrit
Sanskrit
n.
1610s, from Sanskrit samskrtam "put together, well-formed, perfected," neuter of samskrta, from sam "together" (see same) + krta- "to make, do, perform," from PIE *k(w)er- "to make, form" (related to karma). "so called as being the cultivated or literary language, distinguished from the vulgar dialects, or, some say, because regarded as a perfect language, the speech of the gods, formed by infallible rules" [Century Dictionary].
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Sanskrit
The language of ancient India, and one of the oldest languages of the Indo-European family, to which English belongs.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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