an ancient language of India belonging to the Indo-European family, in which the Hindu holy texts are written and on which many modern languages are based Topics Languagec2梵语(古印度语,属于印欧语系,用于印度教经文撰写,也是很多现代语言的基础) Word Originfrom Sanskrit saṃskṛta ‘composed, elaborated’, from saṃ ‘together’ + kṛ ‘make’ + the past participle ending -ta.