English > Sanskritic language: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes. |
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Synonym | Sanskrit |
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Category of | Agni | (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India |
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Asvins | (literally 'possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya |
Ayurveda | (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life |
Darsana | (from the Sanskrit word for 'to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma |
Mimamsa | (from the Sanskrit word for 'reflection' or 'interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads |
Vedanta | (from the Sanskrit for 'end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas |
Vedic literature, Veda | (from the Sanskrit word for 'knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit |
optative mood, optative | A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope / hope |
Category | Hinduism, Hindooism | A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system |
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Narrower | Bihari | The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh) |
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Gujarati, Gujerati | The Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India |
Hindi | The most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars |
Magadhan | A subfamily of Indic languages |
Marathi, Mahratti | An Indic language |
Punjabi, Panjabi | The Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India |
Romany, Gypsy | The Indic language of the Gypsies |
Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala | The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka |
Urdu | The official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi |
Broader | Indic, Indo-Aryan | A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages |
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Spanish | lengua sánscrita, sánscrito |
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Catalan | llengua sànscrita, sànscrit |
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