A classical language of India ("Indian Latin"), a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. Member of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family
Any of the Old Indic languages, especially Classical Sanskrit, a language of ancient India still important to Hinduism and Buddhism
Sanskrit is an ancient language which used to be spoken in India and is now used only in religious writings and ceremonies. an ancient language of India (samskrta )