(n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
(a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.
Example Sentences:
(1) The reason was that Hindu traditions were oraly transmitted and the records, written exclusively in Sanskrit, were incomplete.
(2) He talks of not of India but Bharat, a Sanskrit-origin word describing a Hindu civilisation.
(3) In brief, this paper is a review of Sanskrit literature for information on the origin and development of speech and language, speech production, normality of speech and language, and disorders of speech and language and their treatment.
(4) The information collected here is mainly from the Sanskrit texts written between 2000 B.C.
(5) I also deal with the theory of psychological medicine as stated in ancient Sanskrit texts.
(6) A notorious paper written in 1835 by Thomas Macaulay , commenting coolly that "a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia", called for all printing in Sanskrit and Arabic to be banned, and Hindu and Muslim religious schools outlawed.
(7) This paper aims at highlighting the knowledge of the Sanskrit scholars of ancient times in the field of speech and language pathology.
(8) Mucuna pruriens (Atmagupta, Sanskrit), which contains levodopa, was used in the treatment of Kampavata.
(9) Speaking as the proud host of Britain's most difficult quiz (Mondays on BBC Four etc etc), I watch our contestants – bespectacled, bejumpered, feverishly keen on Shostakovich symphonies or Sanskrit jokes – and I know that, confident in their priorities and passions, they look cool.
(10) Photograph: Alamy A chronicler from the time mentions that Humayun’s fort was built on the hallowed site of Indraprastha Indraprastha appears in one of India’s foundational Sanskrit epic poems, the Mahabharata , as the capital city established by its heroes, the Pandava brothers.
(11) The lectures were fascinating for they demonstrated many lines of kinship between ideas expressed in the ancient Sanskrit texts and ideas afloat still in the modern world.
(12) An attempt is made here to analyse the available drug recipes using this plant from Sanskrit literature in the light of modern scientific knowledge.
(13) The purpose is only to give a glimpse of the knowledge that the Sanskrit scholars of those times possessed.
(14) Tagore helped to choose the baby's name, which means "immortal" in Sanskrit.
(15) The village health culture includes curing practices from the Atharva-Veda (the most ancient Sanskritic literature), Ayurvedic Medicine, Unani Prophetic Medicine, and Western Biomedicine.
(16) This has been verified by spectrographically analyzing 109 Sanskrit sentences as spoken by ten Sanskrit speakers.
(17) The word itself is derived from the Sanskrit "to split", and refers to the split lentils and other pulses from which it is made.
(18) The concept of timing in speech as held by the ancient Sanskrit Scholars is described.
(19) Ashtanga is the focus (this is Mysore after all) but there’s a wide range of other classes to choose from, including hatha, shatkriya (cleansing), backbending and pranayama as well as instruction in Sanskrit and lessons in the yoga sutras.
(20) You don't need to learn yoga or Sanskrit or study any kind of ancient text to be part of Amma's religion, you just need to be able to receive a hug.
Veda
Definition:
(n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twin gods were worshipped by Babylonians and Assyrians (who even introduced them among astronomic constellations), and may be also found in the Persian and Veda religions.
(2) The village health culture includes curing practices from the Atharva-Veda (the most ancient Sanskritic literature), Ayurvedic Medicine, Unani Prophetic Medicine, and Western Biomedicine.
(3) Otherwise, what proof do I have?” Veda Washington, Sterling’s aunt, arrived later.
(4) Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, is described in Atharva Veda and in subsequent treatises by Charak, Susrut, and Vagbhatt, containing the details of etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy of afflictions in humans and animals.
(5) The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.
(6) The first and longest period (covering roughly 3,000 years from 1500 BC to 1500 AD) begins with references to incisions into the "wind pipe" in the Ebers Papyrus and the Rig Veda.
(7) In this study, we examined the effect of the Maharishi Ayur-Veda herbal mixtures (MAHMs) Maharishi Amrit Kalash-4 and -5 (M-4 and M-5), MA-631, and Maharishi Coffee Substitute (MCS) on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation and compared the potency of these mixtures to ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, and probucol.
(8) Veda Washington climbed up on the soda crates that served as a stage, and took the microphone.
(9) The Ashvins of the Rig-Veda, the classical Dioscuri, and the early Christian saints Cosmos and Damian are among the many examples of twins divinely empowered in the area of health and fertility.
(10) The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas , the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.
(11) The idea of India is as old as the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, which describe “Bharatvarsha” as the land between the Himalayas and the seas.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sterling’s aunt, Veda Washington, being consoled by friends.