1610s, from Sanskrit samskrtam "put together, well-formed, perfected," neuter of samskrta, from sam "together" (see same) + krta- "to make, do, perform," from PIE *kwer- "to make, form" (see terato-). "so called as being the cultivated or literary language, distinguished from the vulgar dialects, or, some say, because regarded as a perfect language, the speech of the gods, formed by infallible rules" [Century Dictionary].
雙語例句
1. Mr Sharma lit incense and chanted Sanskrit mantras.
夏爾馬先生點上香，念起梵文咒語。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Sanskrit is related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages.
梵語和拉丁語、希臘語、日耳曼和凱爾特語是聯(lián)系密切的同源語言。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Most of these new sermons were recorded in literary Sanskrit rather than in vernacular language.
這些新的布道稿本大部分是用書面梵語而不是方言記載的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Grammatically, the Sanskrit paradigm exemplifies the concept of radical.
從語法的觀點看, 梵語的變格范例明確了詞根的概念.
來自辭典例句
5. There is evidence of the existence of some Hinayana Buddhism of the Sanskrit canon.