Sanskrit

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San·skrit /ˈsænskrɪt/ noun [uncountable]  SLLan ancient language of India 梵文，梵语〔印度古代的语言〕

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Sanskrit• Hindu thought concerning the nature of time is well illustrated by the way in which causal relations were expressed in Sanskrit.• This is one definition of Sanskrit.• Treatises were written in Shastric Sanskrit on subjects such as law, philosophy, religion, archery and even dance.• A particular branch, the Grammatical Shastra, was formulated using the Sanskrit vocabulary as a substratum, with no ambiguity whatsoever.• The Sanskrit words give a false sense of the product being Ayurvedic and hence herbal and safe.Origin Sanskrit (1600-1700) Sanskrit samskrta “made perfect”

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Sanskrit
San‧skrit /ˈsænskrɪt/ noun [uncountable]an ancient language of India

San·skritBrE /ˈsænskrɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsænskrɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] an ancient language of India belonging to the Indo-European family, in which the Hindu holy texts are written and on which many modern languages are based 梵语（古印度语，属于印欧语系，用于印度教经文撰写，也是很多现代语言的基础）