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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanscrit
Webster 1828 Edition
Sanscrit
SAN'SCRIT
,Noun.
The ancient language of Hindoostan, from which are formed all the modern languages or dialects of the great peninsula of India. It is the language of the Bramins, and in this are written the ancient books of the country; but it is now obsolete. It is from the same stock as the ancient Persic, Greek and Latin, and all the present languages of Europe.