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# sanskrit

«sanskrit» in Mova's school dictionary: **an ancient language of India, used for Hindu holy texts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Sanskrit); adjective (Sanskrit)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sanskrit is an ancient language of India, used for Hindu holy texts and old poems and stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#m1)

2) It is related to English, Latin and Greek through the Indo-European family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religion and history lessons it is the language of Hindu scriptures like the Vedas; English words like «yoga», «karma» and «avatar» come from it. Phrases: Sanskrit text, in Sanskrit.

### examples

- Sanskrit is an old language of India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x1)
- Hindu holy books were written in Sanskrit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x2)
- The word «yoga» comes from Sanskrit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x3)
- Sanskrit is related to English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x4)
- Some people still learn Sanskrit today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x5)
- The scroll was in Sanskrit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/#x6)

### note

Capital S. No plural. Not a living everyday language for most people, but still studied and used in worship.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sanskrit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanskrit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.