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sanskrit

San.skrit \'san-.skrit, 'san(t)-skr*t\ \-*st\ n [Skt sam.skrsub-dot>ta, 
   lit., perfected, fr. sam togethe]r + karoti he makes 1: an ancient Indic 
   language that is the classical language of India and of  Hinduism as 
   described by the Indian grammarians 2: classical Sanskrit together with the 
   older Vedic and various later modif ications of classical Sanskrit - 
   Sanskrit aj