Vedic Sanskrit
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Vedic Sanskrit is the ancient form of the Sanskrit language used in the Vedas, characterized by archaic grammar, rich oral tradition, and its role as one of the earliest attested Indo-European languages.
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ stage of Sanskrit ⓘ |
| earliestText | Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Classical Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccentNotation |
anudatta
ⓘ
svarita ⓘ udatta ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Indo-European
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalCorpus |
Aranyakas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brahmanas NERFINISHED ⓘ Samhitas NERFINISHED ⓘ early Upanishads ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Aranyaka language
ⓘ
Brahmana prose ⓘ Mantra language ⓘ Rigvedic dialect ⓘ early Upanishadic language ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ablaut system
ⓘ
accent-marked recitation ⓘ archaic vocabulary ⓘ complex verbal morphology ⓘ dual number ⓘ eight grammatical cases ⓘ formulaic expressions ⓘ free word order ⓘ injunctive verb forms ⓘ metrical language ⓘ pitch accent ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich system of particles ⓘ sandhi rules ⓘ subjunctive mood ⓘ three grammatical genders ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | san ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystemDescribedBy | Pratishakhyas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptTradition | Devanagari (later manuscripts) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Brahmi script
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ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
later Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedBy |
oral transmission
ⓘ
recitation schools (shakhas) ⓘ |
| region |
Punjab region
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ⓘ
northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
ⓘ
comparative Indo-European linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Old Indo-Aryan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early first millennium BCE
ⓘ
second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Brahmin communities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedic priests ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Vedic ritual
ⓘ
philosophical hymns ⓘ religious chants ⓘ sacrificial hymns ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Atharvaveda
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Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.