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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Sanskrit .
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Examples
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"It is well known that Sanscrit words abound in _Zend_; and that some of its inflexions are formed by the rules of the Vyacaran or _Sanscrit_ grammar.
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"The Sanscrit is the most polished and copious language ever spoken by man; the Coptic, the most rude of all which were used by the civilised nations of antiquity."
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I am ready to try humbly to learn -- and I may perhaps -- if you are not done in Sanscrit, which is too hard for me,
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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4 Sadharmpundarika Sutra, or Sutra of the Lotus, in Sanscrit.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920
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Some of the blocks accompanied the drawings; they are sharply and neatly cut in a kind of Sanscrit character, and are objects of great curiosity, as, by the accounts of the natives, this mode of printing has been in use for time immemorial. "
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He objects: "What sort of secularism is it that regards reading of Sanscrit texts as a political act?"
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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He objects: "What sort of secularism is it that regards reading of Sanscrit texts as a political act?"
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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The Persian, Arabic, and Sanscrit languages engaged his attention, and I was easily induced to enter on the same studies.
Chapter 6 2010
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You are forgiven, because the liturgy is still being written, and translating from Aramaic to Greek to Roman to Whatever is very error prone (throw in some Farsi and Arabic and Sanscrit, for good measure).
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He objects: "What sort of secularism is it that regards reading of Sanscrit texts as a political act?"
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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