Sanskritic language

Sanskritic language
noun
(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
Syn: ↑Sanskrit
Topics: ↑Hinduism, ↑Hindooism
Members of this Topic:
Hypernyms: ↑Indic, ↑Indo-Aryan
Hyponyms:
Romany, ↑Gypsy, ↑Urdu, ↑Hindi, ↑Bihari, ↑Magadhan, ↑Marathi, ↑Mahratti, ↑Gujarati, ↑Gujerati, ↑Punjabi, ↑Panjabi, ↑Sinhalese, ↑Singhalese, ↑Sinhala

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