Sanskrit

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Indo-Aryan language ancient language classical language language liturgical language

Sanskrit is an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India, foundational to Hindu religious texts and classical Indian literature, and a key source for many modern South Asian languages.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Sanskrit canonical 808
Vedic Sanskrit 16
Sanskrit language 8

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
classical language ⓘ
language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
branch Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
classicalStatus recognized classical language of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
earliestTextsDateTo second millennium BCE (Vedic period) ⓘ
etymology derived from Sanskrit word saṃskṛta meaning refined or perfected ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
grammaticalFeature eight grammatical cases ⓘ
extensive system of verbal conjugations ⓘ
three grammatical genders ⓘ
three numbers (singular dual plural) ⓘ
historicalStage Classical Sanskrit ⓘ
Sanskrit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
influenced Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Nepali ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
many modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
iso639-1Code sa ⓘ
iso639-2Code san ⓘ
iso639-3Code san ⓘ
keyWorkOfGrammar Pāṇini ⓘ
surface form: Aṣṭādhyāyī
linguisticRole source of extensive loanwords in South Asian languages ⓘ
officialStatus official language of Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
official language of Uttarakhand ⓘ
official language of some Indian union territories in limited contexts ⓘ
one of the 22 scheduled languages of India ⓘ
phonologicalFeature rich system of consonants including retroflex stops ⓘ
three-way stop distinction of voicing and aspiration ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousRole liturgical language of Buddhism ⓘ
liturgical language of Hinduism ⓘ
liturgical language of Jainism ⓘ
scriptStandard Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari
standardizedBy Pāṇini ⓘ
studyField Indology ⓘ
comparative Indo-European linguistics ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedIn Ayurvedic texts ⓘ
Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
surface form: Mahābhārata

Puranas ⓘ
surface form: Purāṇas

Ramayana ⓘ
surface form: Rāmāyaṇa

Upanishads ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
classical Indian drama ⓘ
classical Indian poetry ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali script ⓘ
Brahmi script ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
Grantha script ⓘ
Gujarati script ⓘ
Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Telugu script ⓘ

Referenced by (845)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius → languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned → Sanskrit ⓘ
subject surface form: Julius Robert Oppenheimer
India → recognizedLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) → influencedBy → Sanskrit ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Hinduism → hasSacredLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
Tocharian languages → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Marathi language → developedFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly)
Sanskrit → historicalStage → Sanskrit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Hindi → influencedBy → Sanskrit ⓘ
Urdu language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
subject surface form: Urdu
Devanagari script → usedForLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages → ancestorLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Indo-Aryan languages → ancestorLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Sanskrit
Khmer → loanwordsFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Sinhala → hasLoanwordsFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Buddhism → languageOfEarlyTexts → Sanskrit ⓘ
Gujarati → ancestor → Sanskrit ⓘ
Indian Administrative Service → serviceMottoLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
Kawi script → usedFor → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanskrit language
Sindhi → hasLinguisticAncestor → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit)
Balinese script → usedForLanguage → Sanskrit ⓘ
Old Malay → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Modern Javanese → influencedBy → Sanskrit ⓘ
Vedas → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Vedas → composedIn → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Puranas → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Dharmashastras → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Nyaya → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Om → languageOfOrigin → Sanskrit ⓘ
Smartism → languageOfScripture → Sanskrit ⓘ
Vedic period → languageUsed → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Sudama (in Hindu tradition) → languageOfPrimarySources → Sanskrit ⓘ
subject surface form: Sudama
Rigveda → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Swami Vivekananda → languageSpoken → Sanskrit ⓘ
Sankhya Yoga → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Yajurveda → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Upanishads → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Ramayana → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Saraswati → languageAssociation → Sanskrit ⓘ
Adi Shankaracharya → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Samaveda → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
Samkhya → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Vaisheshika → languageOfPrimaryTexts → Sanskrit ⓘ
Mimamsa → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
Shaivism → languageOfScripture → Sanskrit ⓘ
Indonesian → hasLoanwordsFrom → Sanskrit ⓘ
Brahmi script → usedFor → Sanskrit ⓘ
Majhi dialect → influencedBy → Sanskrit ⓘ
Malay → majorLoanwordSource → Sanskrit ⓘ
Pāṇini → language → Sanskrit ⓘ
subject surface form: Aṣṭādhyāyī