Sanskrit
noun
San·skrit
ˈsan-ˌskrit 
ˈsan(t)-skrət
1
: an ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism
2
: classical Sanskrit together with the older Vedic and various later modifications of classical Sanskrit see Indo-European Languages Table
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That belief anchors her Wealth Mandala, a Sanskrit word for circle.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Often the elaboration is clearly a product of environment—small wonder that Arabic, Farsi and Indigenous Australian languages abound with words to describe the desert, and Sanskrit, Tamil and Thai with words for elephants.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
Allahabad, a city of more than a million people, is now called Prayagraj, a Sanskrit word that denotes a place of sacrifice.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a fifteenth-century Sanskrit text, claims that meditation upon this chakra brings forth occult powers.
—Tony Sanchez, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Often the elaboration is clearly a product of environment—small wonder that Arabic, Farsi and Indigenous Australian languages abound with words to describe the desert, and Sanskrit, Tamil and Thai with words for elephants.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 9 May 2025
Allahabad, a city of more than a million people, is now called Prayagraj, a Sanskrit word that denotes a place of sacrifice.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a fifteenth-century Sanskrit text, claims that meditation upon this chakra brings forth occult powers.
—Tony Sanchez, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sanskrit
noun
San·skrit
ˈsan-ˌskrit
: an ancient Indic language of India and of Hinduism
Sanskrit
adjective
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