HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Sanskrit
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Calligraphy
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Cuneiform
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Dharma
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the three earliest ancient documented languages that arose from a common root language now referred to as Proto-Indo-European language: Vedic Sanskrit ( c. 1500–500 BCE).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sanskrit language is also termed Dev Vani. Sanskrit is one of the oldest known languages over thousands of years. It is also called “Dev Vani” (the language of gods) as it is said that Brahma introduced this language to the Sages of celestial bodies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prakrit languages are related to Sanskrit but differs from it in several ways. Prakrit means “arising from the source” in Sanskrit. Prakrit languages can be divided into 4 groups namely, the Paishachi, Shauraseni, Magadhi, and Maharashtri languages.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hinduism also has a sacred language, Sanskrit, the language of the Vedic corpus, likewise considered revealed. ‘What [was] heard’ (Shruti) by visionary sages in the past, and passed down unchanged through the generations, corresponds to an eternal sound.