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San⋅skrit

  [san-skrit]
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–noun
1. an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt
–adjective
2. Also, San⋅skrit⋅ic, San⋅scrit⋅ic. of or pertaining to Sanskrit.
Also, Sanscrit.

Origin:
1610–20; < Skt saṃskṛta adorned, perfected

Related forms:
San⋅skrit⋅ist, San⋅scrit⋅ist, noun
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Sanskrit

The language of ancient India, and one of the oldest languages of the Indo-European family, to which English belongs.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Sanskrit 
1617, from Skt. samskrtam "put together, well-formed, perfected," from sam "together" + krta- "to make, do, perform." The first element is cognate with Eng. same, the second is from PIE *k(w)er- "to make, form" (related to karma).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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