sanskrit

Noun
  1. referred to in: hindooism, hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
    associated with:
    • darsana - (from the Sanskrit word for `to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma
    • mimamsa - (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads
    • vedanta - (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas
    • veda, vedic literature - (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
    • ayurveda - (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda
    • agni - (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
    • asvins - (literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya
    • optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
    is a type of: indic, indo-aryan - a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
    subtypes:
    • gypsy, romany - the Indic language of the Gypsies
    • urdu - the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
    • hindi - the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
    • bihari - the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
    • magadhan - a subfamily of Indic languages
    • mahratti, marathi - an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script
    • gujarati, gujerati - the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
    • panjabi, punjabi - the Indic language spoken by people in Pakistan and Punjab
    • singhalese, sinhala, sinhalese - the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
    same as: sanskritic language

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