Sanskrit
noun
an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Skt, Skt., Skr., Skrt
Sanskritist
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a word derived from
Sanskrit.
Example Sentences
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But here the illustrious Sanskritist is very much mistaken.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
This Pandit is considered the greatest Sanskritist of modern India and is an absolute enigma to everyone.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
"The evidence of language is irrefragable," as the great Oxford Sanskritist says.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
The learned Sanskritist, H. H. Wilson, quotes the name Pippilika = ant-gold, given by the people of Little Thibet to the precious dust thrown up in the emmet heaps.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But Professor Wilson, the best Sanskritist of the time, did not consider the battle lost.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
