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Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language that dates to about the 5th century B.C. It is also the language in which the Hindu scriptures were written. The Indic languages, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and Gujurati are modern-day descendants of Sanskrit.

Although it is no longer spoken in daily life (and debated whether or not it was even a spoken language), it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus, and it is one of the fifteen official languages of the Indian constitution.

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-'''Sanskrit''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language that dates to about the 5th century B.C. It is also the language in which the [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] [[Sutra]] and [[Shastra]] [[scripture]]s and all of the major classical texts of [[Ayurvedic medicine]] were written.
+'''Sanskrit''' is an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language that dates to about the 5th century B.C. It is also the language in which the [[Hindu]] scriptures were written.  The Indic languages, [[Hindi]], Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and Gujurati are modern-day descendants of Sanskrit.
-The Indic languages, [[Hindi]], Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and Gujurati are modern day descendants of Sanskrit.
+Although it is no longer spoken in daily life (and debated whether or not it was even a spoken language), it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus, and it is one of the fifteen official languages of the [[India]]n constitution.
-Although it is no longer spoken in daily life except among Ayurvedic physicians and scholars in India, it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus and Buddhists.
+==See also==
-It is one of the fifteen official languages of the [[India]]n constitution.
-==Buddhism and Sanskrit==
-Despite many people thinking that Sanskrit is only associated with [[Hinduism]], all of the [[Dharma|Dharmic]] [[religion]]s use Sanskrit. To this day, there are many Buddhist scholars, professors and linguists who have formally learned Sanskrit at places such as [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[Stanford University]] and [[Harvard]] and have translated into [[English]] several hundred Buddhist Sutras and Shastras from the classic Buddhist masters such as [[Nagarjuna]], [[Shantideva]], [[Atisha]] and [[Vasubandhu]]. These Sutras and Shastras use a special form of Sanskrit referred to by Sanskritists as "BHS" or Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. During the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]] there were vast facilities dedicated to the translation from Devanagari and Siddham-based Sanskrit to [[Hanzi]] traditional characters, the [[Chinese]] script used continuously since the [[Han dynasty]] until [[Chairman Mao]] forced China to switch to simplified characters so they could only read [[Communist]] works.
-==Ayurvedic Medicine and Sanskrit==
-Although many people wrongly think that Sanskrit is only connected with Hinduism, it is to this day a required subject at the formal Ayurvedic medicial [[university]] setting in India.
-According to renowned Ayurvedic [[physician]] and [[author]], Dr. [[Vasant Lad]], since the 8th century [[A.D.]] until the present day in [[India]], Ayurvedic medicine [[doctor]]s have to memorize via [[Devanagari]] script thousands of [[verse]]s of the ''[[Charaka Samhita]]'', the ''[[Sushruta Samhita]]'' and the ''[[Astanga Hridayam]]'' and be able to recite them out loud in order to pass their  Ayurvedic medical degree oral examinations.
-==See Also==
 * [[Language]]s
 * [[Hindu]]
 * [[Latin]]
-* [[Ayurvedic medicine]]
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