Sanskritic

British  

/ sænˈskrɪtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to Sanskrit

2. denoting or belonging to those Indic languages that developed directly from Sanskrit, such as Pali, Hindi, Punjabi, and Bengali

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noun

1. this group of languages

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Sanskritic

This is one of the so-called Pisacha languages, an archaic Aryan group intermediate between the Iranian and the Sanskritic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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

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

Thus Hellenism in these parts receded more and more, the Sanskritic Indians recovering by degrees the power and independence of which they had been deprived by Alexander.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson