mass noun
- an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived梵语（印度的古印欧语言, 印度教的经文和印度的古典史诗均用梵语写成, 印度北部的许多语言亦来自梵语）。
- of or relating to this language（与）梵语（有关）的。
Sanskrit was spoken in India roughly 1200-400 BC, and continues in use as a language of religion and scholarship. It is written from left to right in the Devanagari script. The suggestion by Sir William Jones （1746-94） of its common origin with Latin and Greek was a major advance in the development of historical linguistics.
派生词
Sanskritic
adjectiveSanskritist
noun词源
from Sanskrit saṃskṛta 'composed, elaborated', from saṃ 'together' + kṛ 'make' + the past participle ending -ta.