Sanskrit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Sanskrit /ˈsanskrɪt/
▶noun an ancient Indo-European language of India, still used as a language of religion and scholarship.
– derivatives
Sanskritic adjective,
Sanskritist noun.
Sanskritic adjective,
Sanskritist noun.
– origin from Sanskrit saṃskṛta ‘composed, elaborated’, from saṃ ‘together’ + kṛ ‘make’ + the past part. ending -ta.
'Sanskrit' also found in these Oxford entries:
Adi Granth
- Adivasi
- ahimsa
- akasha
- aloo
- amrit
- ananda
- arhat
- Aryan
- asana
- ashram
- ashrama
- ashtanga
- asura
- Atharva Veda
- atman
- avatar
- Ayurveda
- bandh
- banyan
- bhajan
- bhakti
- bhikkhu
- bhuna
- bodhisattva
- bo tree
- Brahman
- camphor
- chakra
- champak
- cheetah
- chinkara
- chital
- chukar
- chukka
- costmary
- crore
- curcuma
- Dalit
- darshan
- deodar
- desi
- deva
- devadasi
- Devanagari
- devi
- dhamma
- dharma
- dharmashala
- dhyana
