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Sanskrit

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Sanskrit is the classical language in which the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Puranas and the great bulk of Hindu philosophical, ritual and grammatical literature were composed and transmitted, alongside a large body of Buddhist and Jain Sanskrit literature produced by traditions that also used the language for scholarly debate across the subcontinent. Its systematic grammar, codified by Panini around the fourth century BCE, made it a fixed scholarly and liturgical register used for millennia after it ceased to be anyone's first spoken language, a role comparable to Latin in medieval Europe. Sanskrit mantra and ritual recitation remain live practice today in Hindu temple worship worldwide, even where officiants and worshippers speak other languages daily. The atlas holds Sanskrit as the primary source language behind a large share of the Hindu material catalogued elsewhere.

Facts
Origins
Language Family
Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family; the classical literary standard codified by Panini (circa 5th century BCE), a later stage than the archaic Vedic Sanskrit covered separately. 2
Place of Origin
Sanskrit is traditionally associated with the northwestern Indian subcontinent of the Vedic period, the Sapta Sindhu region drained by the Indus and its tributaries, before its later spread as a pan-Indian literary and liturgical language. 2
Liturgical role (class)
Scriptural language 2
Attestation
Era of Attestation
Classical Sanskrit was codified by the grammarian Panini around the fifth century BCE, standardizing a language whose earlier Vedic register is already attested in oral composition centuries before that. 3
Geography
Modern Area
No longer anyone's first language, but maintained today as a scholarly, ceremonial and liturgical register across the Hindu world, taught in traditional pathashalas in India and recited in temple worship wherever Hindu communities have settled. 2
Identity
Native Script
Devanagari in the modern manuscript and printed tradition, though Sanskrit has been written in almost every Indian script, and in Brahmi and its regional descendants before Devanagari existed. 1
Practice
Liturgical and Scriptural Role
Language of the classical Hindu epics (the Ramayana and much of the Mahabharata, including the Bhagavad Gita) and of Vedanta philosophical literature, alongside Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist scripture. 4
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Panini's Grammar and the Fixing of Sanskrit

Sanskrit's grammar was codified with unusual precision by the scholar Panini, traditionally dated to around the fourth century BCE, in a work called the Ashtadhyayi that describes the language's structure through roughly four thousand terse rules, a level of systematic analysis later Western linguists came to regard as a landmark achievement independent of, and well predating, comparable European grammatical scholarship.

Panini's grammar effectively fixed Classical Sanskrit's rules at a point when the spoken language was already diverging into regional vernaculars, meaning the language used for later philosophical, religious, and literary composition operated by a stable, learned standard rather than an evolving everyday tongue, a situation comparable to Latin's later role in medieval Europe though arrived at independently and earlier. This fixing allowed Sanskrit to function as a shared scholarly language across a subcontinent of otherwise divergent regional languages, letting a philosopher in Kashmir and a poet in Tamil Nadu draw on the same grammatical and literary standard for centuries. Panini's work itself became an object of extensive commentarial tradition, with later grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana producing detailed analyses and refinements that are themselves significant texts in the history of Indian linguistic thought. The precision of Sanskrit's grammatical tradition also shaped how later Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts were composed, valuing exact, rule governed expression in a way that differs markedly from the more organically evolved literary Sanskrit and Prakrit vernacular traditions running alongside it.

Sanskrit's Living Ritual Use Today

Although Sanskrit ceased to function as anyone's first spoken language many centuries ago, it did not become a purely historical language in the way Latin or Ancient Greek eventually did in most of daily European life; Sanskrit mantra recitation remains an active, ongoing part of Hindu temple worship and domestic ritual practice today, performed by priests and, increasingly, by lay practitioners who learn set verses without necessarily achieving fluency in the language itself. Weddings, funerals, and temple consecration ceremonies across the Hindu world typically include specific Sanskrit verses recited according to traditions transmitted within particular ritual lineages, with correct pronunciation treated in many of those lineages as carrying independent significance separate from a listener's comprehension of the words.

A smaller number of communities in India maintain Sanskrit as a spoken language of daily use, sustained partly through deliberate revival efforts and partly through unbroken scholarly and priestly transmission in specific institutions, though this spoken use remains a minority practice relative to Sanskrit's much larger ceremonial role. Contemporary yoga and meditation traditions worldwide, many with only partial roots in classical Sanskrit textual sources, nonetheless routinely use Sanskrit terminology and short mantras, extending the language's practical reach far beyond South Asia and into cultural contexts with no direct historical connection to it. India's government also maintains limited official recognition of Sanskrit, and some educational institutions offer instruction in it as a scholarly and cultural subject rather than treating it purely as an object of historical philology.

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Sanskrit
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Associated With

Hinduism, Religions

Sanskrit is the canonical and liturgical language of Hinduism, the language of the epics, the Puranas and most temple ritual formulas.

Source Sanskrit Grammar, Including Both the Classical Language and the Older Dialects of Veda and BrahmanaWilliam Dwight Whitney
Panini, Historical Figures

The Ashtadhyayi describes the whole of the language in just under four thousand rules.

Attested in Region

Indian Subcontinent, Regions

Sanskrit is documented in use as a written language in Indian Subcontinent. The claim is where the language is documented in use as a written, literary or liturgical language. It is not a claim about the full extent of its speakers, and it is not a claim about where the language originated.

Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)

Language Of

Abhinivesha, Vices
Adhitthana (Resolution), Virtues
Adi Parva, Scripture Portions
Agni Purana, Scriptures & Texts
Ah, Mantras
Aham Brahmasmi, Mantras
Ahimsa (Non-Injury), Virtues
Ahimsa (Nonviolence), Virtues
Aitareya Upanishad, Scripture Portions
Anushasana Parva, Scripture Portions
Aparigraha (Non-Greed), Virtues
Aparigraha (Non-Possession), Virtues
Aranya Kanda, Scripture Portions
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya, Mantras
Ashramavasika Parva, Scripture Portions
Ashtavakra Gita, Esoteric Texts
Ashvamedhika Parva, Scripture Portions
Asmita, Vices
Asteya (Non-Stealing), Virtues
Asteya (Non-Theft), Virtues
Avatamsaka Sutra, Scriptures & Texts
Avici, Realms
Ayodhya Kanda, Scripture Portions
Bala (Spiritual Power), Virtues
Bala Kanda, Scripture Portions
Bhagavad Gita, Scriptures & Texts
Bhagavata Purana, Scriptures & Texts
Bhaishajyaguru Sutra, Scriptures & Texts
Bhishma Parva, Scripture Portions
Bodhicaryavatara, Other Writings
Brahma Sutras, Scriptures & Texts
Brahmacharya (Chastity), Virtues
Brahmacharya (Continence), Virtues
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Scripture Portions
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Esoteric Texts
Chandogya Upanishad, Scripture Portions
Chitrasutra of the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Other Writings
Dana (Generosity), Virtues
Devi Mahatmya, Scriptures & Texts
Dhyana (Meditative Concentration), Virtues
Diamond Sutra, Scriptures & Texts
Drona Parva, Scripture Portions
Dvesha (Aversion), Vices
Empowerment-Bound Sadhana Mantras, Mantras
Garuda Purana, Scriptures & Texts
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha, Mantras
Gheranda Samhita, Esoteric Texts
Great Compassion Dharani, Mantras
Guhyasamaja Tantra, Esoteric Texts
Guru-Given Personal Mantra (Diksha), Mantras

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Liturgical Language Of

Adinatha Sampradaya, Religious Orders
Advaita Vedanta, Schools of Theology
Agni Akhara, Religious Orders
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, Religious Orders
Anand Akhara, Religious Orders
Atal Akhara, Religious Orders
Avahan Akhara, Religious Orders
Bada Udasin Akhara, Religious Orders
Bhakti Marga, Religious Orders
Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Religious Orders
Daśanāmi Sampradaya, Religious Orders
Digambar Ani Akhara, Religious Orders
Digambara, Denominations
Dvaita Vedanta, Schools of Theology
Gaudiya Math, Religious Orders
Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Denominations
ISKCON (Hare Krishna), Denominations
Juna Akhara, Religious Orders
Kashmir Shaivism, Denominations
Kinnar Akhara, Religious Orders
Madhyamaka, Denominations
Mahanirvani Akhara, Religious Orders
Mahayana, Denominations
Nath Sampradaya, Denominations
Naya Udasin Akhara, Religious Orders
Niranjani Akhara, Religious Orders
Nirmal Akhara, Religious Orders
Nirmala, Denominations
Nirmohi Akhara, Religious Orders
Ramakrishna Math, Religious Orders
Ramakrishna Order, Religious Orders
Samkhya, Denominations
Shaivism, Denominations
Shaktism, Denominations
Shingon, Denominations
Shri Vidya, Denominations
Smartism, Denominations
Sri Sarada Math, Religious Orders
Sri Vaishnavism, Denominations
Svetambara, Denominations
Terapanth, Denominations
Vaishnavism, Denominations
Vajrayana, Denominations
Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, Schools of Theology
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Religious Orders

Named or Composed in This Language

Bodhisattva Vow, Rituals
Source Bodhisattva vow (Wikipedia)
Brahma, Nitya Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Brahma Sutras, Scriptures & Texts
Source Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume III: Advaita Vedanta up to Samkara and His PupilsKarl H. Potter (ed.)
Brahmacharya (Chastity), Virtues
Source Tattvartha SutraUmaswati
Brahmacharya (Continence), Virtues
Source Encyclopedia of HinduismDenise Cush, Catherine Robinson and Michael York (eds.)
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Scripture Portions
Source The Early Upanishads: Annotated Text and Translation (Patrick Olivelle)Patrick Olivelle
Budha, Grahas (Planets)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Budha Dasha, Vimshottari Dashas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Budha-Aditya, Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Chakras, Disciplines
Source Roots of YogaJames Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.)
Chakshu, Tattvas
Source Sāṅkhya-Kārikā (Samkhyakarika) of ĪśvarakṛṣṇaIsvarakrsna
Chandogya Upanishad, Scripture Portions
Source An Introduction to HinduismGavin Flood
Chandra, Yoga Categories

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Chandra, Grahas (Planets)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chandra Dasha, Vimshottari Dashas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chandra-Mangala, Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Chaturdashi, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chaturthamsha, Vargas (Divisional Charts)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chaturthi, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chaturvimshamsha, Vargas (Divisional Charts)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chatushpada, Karanas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Chitrasutra of the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Other Writings
Source The Citrasutra of the Vishnudharmottara PuranaTranslated by Parul Dave Mukherji
Chudakarana, Rituals
Source Hindu Samskaras: Socio-Religious Study of the Hindu SacramentsRajbali Pandey
Crown, Chakras
Source Roots of YogaJames Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.)
Dashami, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Dashamsha, Vargas (Divisional Charts)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Devi Mahatmya, Scriptures & Texts
Source Wikidata: Devi Mahatmya
Dhana, Yoga Categories

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Dhana Yoga, Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Dhanu, Rashis (Vedic Signs)
Source The Yavanajataka of SphujidhvajaDavid Pingree
Dhriti, Nitya Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Dhruva, Nitya Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Diamond Sutra, Scriptures & Texts
Source Diamond Sutra (Wikipedia)
Digambara, Denominations
Source The JainsPaul Dundas
Drekkana, Vargas (Divisional Charts)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Drona Parva, Scripture Portions
Source The MahabharataVyasa (attributed)
Durudhara, Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)
Dvaita Vedanta, Schools of Theology
Source Encyclopedia of HinduismDenise Cush, Catherine Robinson and Michael York (eds.)
Dvapara Yuga, Yugas (World Ages)

The name is Sanskrit, and the four age names are ordinary Sanskrit words before they are cosmological terms. Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali are the names of the four throws in an Indian dice game, four down to one, and the yuga names are taken from them. The connection is made in the older sources themselves.

Source A Sanskrit-English DictionaryMonier Monier-Williams
Dwadashamsha, Vargas (Divisional Charts)

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Dwadashi, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Dwitiya, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Earth, Tattvas
Source Classical Samkhya: An Interpretation of Its History and MeaningGerald James Larson
Earth, Godai (Five Elements)
Source Kukai: Major WorksYoshito S. Hakeda
Ekadashi, Tithis

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Empowerment-Bound Sadhana Mantras, Mantras
Source Introduction to Tibetan BuddhismJohn Powers
Ether, Tattvas
Source Classical Samkhya: An Interpretation of Its History and MeaningGerald James Larson
Fire, Tattvas
Source Classical Samkhya: An Interpretation of Its History and MeaningGerald James Larson
Fire, Godai (Five Elements)
Source Kukai: Major WorksYoshito S. Hakeda
Gaja Kesari, Yogas

The term is Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary of the Panchanga and of jyotisha more widely is Sanskrit throughout, whatever the vernacular in which a given almanac is printed. The name is a Sanskrit term. Regional almanacs render it in the local script and pronunciation, so a reader will meet the same term in several transliterations without any difference of reference.

Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)

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Sources
1. The World's Writing Systems
Peter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1996View the Source
2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World
David M. Eberhard, Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), SIL International, 2024on the liturgical and scriptural role of SanskritView the Source
3. Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages
Richard Salomon, Oxford University Press, 1998View the Source
4. The Ramayana of Valmiki
Valmiki (attributed); Robert P. Goldman (general editor), Princeton University Press
Wikidata: Upanishads
Named or Composed in This Language: Upanishads, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Upanishads, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Wikidata: Bhagavad Gita
Named or Composed in This Language: Bhagavad Gita, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Bhagavad Gita, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Mahabharata (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Mahabharata, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Mahabharata, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Heart Sutra (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Heart Sutra, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Heart Sutra, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Tattvartha Sutra (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Tattvartha Sutra, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Tattvartha Sutra, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Wikidata: Devi Mahatmya
Named or Composed in This Language: Devi Mahatmya, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Devi Mahatmya, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Diamond Sutra (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Diamond Sutra, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Diamond Sutra, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Wikidata: Vishnu Purana
Named or Composed in This Language: Vishnu Purana, Infobox, language field
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Vishnu Purana, Infobox, language field
Sanskrit
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Nagar kirtan (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Nagar Kirtan, Lead section
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Nagar Kirtan, Lead section
(Sanskrit: नगर कीर्तन; IAST: nāgara-kīrtana
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Bodhisattva vow (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Bodhisattva Vow, Lead section
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Bodhisattva Vow, Lead section
(Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व-प्रणिधानम्
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Rajasuya (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Rajasuya, Lead section
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Rajasuya, Lead section
(Sanskrit: राजसूय
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Abhisheka (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Abhisheka, Lead section
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Abhisheka, Lead section
(Sanskrit: अभिषेक
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Shambhala (Wikipedia)
Named or Composed in This Language: Shambhala, Lead section
Quote, Named or Composed in This Language: Shambhala, Lead section
(Sanskrit: शम्भल
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The Early Upanishads: Annotated Text and Translation (Patrick Olivelle)
Patrick Olivelle, Oxford University Press, New York (South Asia Research series), 1998
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Katha Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Prashna Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Mundaka Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Aitareya Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Svetasvatara Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)
F. Max Muller, Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1879
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Kena Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Isha Upanishad, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Tushita, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Avici, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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Visuddhimagga (The Path of Purification)
BuddhaghosaNamed or Composed in This Language: Trayastrimsa, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Tattvartha Sutra
Umaswati
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Siddhashila, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Maya (Deceit), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Ahimsa (Nonviolence), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Satya (Truthfulness), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Asteya (Non-Stealing), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Brahmacharya (Chastity), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Aparigraha (Non-Possession), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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Bhagavata Purana
AnonymousNamed or Composed in This Language: Vaikuntha, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskritView the Source
A Survey of Hinduism
Klaus K. Klostermaier, State University of New York Press, 2007Named or Composed in This Language: Puranas, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskritView the Source
Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika Sutra)
AnonymousNamed or Composed in This Language: Lotus Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum: A Study of the Karandavyuha Sutra
Alexander Studholme, State University of New York Press, 2002Named or Composed in This Language: Karandavyuha Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Land of Bliss: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light
Luis O. Gomez (translator and editor), University of Hawaii Press, 1996Named or Composed in This Language: Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Healing Buddha
Raoul Birnbaum, Shambhala Publications, 1979Named or Composed in This Language: Bhaishajyaguru Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
Chun-fang Yu, Columbia University Press, 2001Named or Composed in This Language: Nilakantha Dharani Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century
Geoffrey Samuel, Cambridge University Press, 2008Named or Composed in This Language: Shat-chakra-nirupana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume III: Advaita Vedanta up to Samkara and His Pupils
Karl H. Potter (ed.), Motilal Banarsidass, 1981Named or Composed in This Language: Brahma Sutras, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskritView the Source
The Triadic Heart of Siva: Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir
Paul E. Muller-Ortega, State University of New York Press, 1989Named or Composed in This Language: Tantraloka, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskritView the Source
Shiva Sutras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity
Jaideva Singh, Motilal Banarsidass, 1979Named or Composed in This Language: Shiva Sutras, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism
Mark S. G. Dyczkowski, State University of New York Press, 1987Named or Composed in This Language: Spanda Karikas, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr., Princeton University Press, 2014
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Lankavatara Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Mana (Conceit), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Upaya-kausalya (Skillful Means), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Pranidhana (The Vow), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Bala (Spiritual Power), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Jnana (Transcendent Knowledge), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Bodhicaryavatara, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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Classical Samkhya: An Interpretation of Its History and Meaning
Gerald James Larson, Motilal Banarsidass, 1979Named or Composed in This Language: Samkhya Karika, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskritView the Source
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
Paul Williams, Routledge, 1989Named or Composed in This Language: Avatamsaka Sutra, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson and Michael York (eds.), Routledge, 2008
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Pancharatra Samhitas, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Vaikhanasa Agamas, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Ahimsa (Non-Injury), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Satya (Truth), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Asteya (Non-Theft), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Brahmacharya (Continence), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Aparigraha (Non-Greed), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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Saivism and the Tantric Traditions
Alexis Sanderson, Routledge, 1988Named or Composed in This Language: Shaiva Agamas, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Garuda Purana
AnonymousNamed or Composed in This Language: Garuda Purana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Concise Yoga Vasistha (Swami Venkatesananda)
Swami Venkatesananda, translator, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1984Named or Composed in This Language: Yoga Vasistha, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Puranas (Ludo Rocher)
Ludo Rocher, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden (A History of Indian Literature, Vol II, Fasc 3), 1986
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Agni Purana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Markandeya Purana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Skanda Purana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Hindu Tantric and Sakta Literature (Goudriaan and Gupta)
Teun Goudriaan and Sanjukta Gupta, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden (A History of Indian Literature, Vol II, Fasc 2), 1981Named or Composed in This Language: Kamika Agama, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
An Introduction to Hinduism
Gavin Flood, Cambridge University Press, 1996
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Kama (Lust), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Krodha (Anger), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Lobha (Greed), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Mada (Pride), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Matsarya (Envy), Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
Edwin F. Bryant, North Point Press, 2009
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Asmita, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
  • Named or Composed in This Language: Abhinivesha, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture
Translated by Prasanna Kumar Acharya, Oxford University Press, 1934Named or Composed in This Language: Manasara, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Mayamata: An Indian Treatise on Housing, Architecture and Iconography
Translated by Bruno Dagens, Motilal Banarsidass, 1994Named or Composed in This Language: Mayamata, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
The Citrasutra of the Vishnudharmottara Purana
Translated by Parul Dave Mukherji, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2001Named or Composed in This Language: Chitrasutra of the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: sanskrit
Sanskrit (Wikipedia)
Originated In: Indian Subcontinent, Lead
Quote, Originated In: Indian Subcontinent, Lead
It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.
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