संस्कृत

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संस्कृत (संस्कृतमा संस्कृतं) पृथ्वीका सबै भन्दा प्राचीनतम् भाषाहरू मध्येको एक हो। यो इण्डो-आर्यन भाषा परिवारमा बर्गिकृत छ। संस्कृतमा लेख्नको लागि मुख्यतया देवनागरी लिपी प्रयोग गरिन्छ।

[परिवर्तन्] इतिहास:

विश्‍वकै प्राचिनतम् ग्रन्‍थ 'ऋग्‍वेद' (ईशापूर्व ३५०० भन्दा अघिको) संस्‍कृत भाषामा नै रचिएको हो। त्यतै अन्‍य वेदहरू - यजुर्वेद, सामवेद र अथर्वेद - पनि संस्‍कृत भाषामै छन्। सबैभन्दा पुरानो जीवित संस्कृत व्याकरण पाणिनिको हो, जुन करिव ई.पू. ५०० मा रचिएको थियो। A form of संस्कृत called Epic Sanskrit is seen in the महाभारत and इतिहास-पुराण.

Now Sanskrit is mainly a religious language but Indians used to speak it thousands of years ago. Most of the holy books of the Hindu religion are written in Sanskrit, as well as most books of the Buddhist religion (Mahayana school).

There are two main types of Sanskrit: Vedic and Classical.

Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest Sanskrit, and may have been spoken in Northern India by 1500 BC. The main books that are written in Vedic Sanskrit was the Vedas.

Classical Sanskrit is newer and more books are written in this style.