Sanskritic
Britishadjective
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of or relating to Sanskrit
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denoting or belonging to those Indic languages that developed directly from Sanskrit, such as Pali, Hindi, Punjabi, and Bengali
noun
Example Sentences
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All that is certain is, that it is more Sanskritic than the proper Tamul, and more Tamul than the Bengali.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Whichever way we decide, the population may still be Tamulian; only, in case we make the language Sanskritic, it is Tamulian in the same way as the Cornish are Welsh; i.e.,
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Night, for instance, in the later Sanskrit is nisâ, which is a form peculiarly Sanskritic, and agrees in its derivation neither with nox nor with νὑξ.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
The grammatical inflections are so far from being as Sanskritic as the vocables, that they are either non-existent altogether, unequivocally Tamul, or else controverted Sanskrit.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
He tells in one of his books of his many and extensive travels, his profound researches in Sanskritic lore, his constant meditations and his ceaseless inquirings.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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