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].
双语例句
1. Mr Sharma lit incense and chanted Sanskrit mantras.
夏尔马先生点上香，念起梵文咒语。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Sanskrit is related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages.
梵语和拉丁语、希腊语、日耳曼和凯尔特语是联系密切的同源语言。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Most of these new sermons were recorded in literary Sanskrit rather than in vernacular language.
这些新的布道稿本大部分是用书面梵语而不是方言记载的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Grammatically, the Sanskrit paradigm exemplifies the concept of radical.
从语法的观点看, 梵语的变格范例明确了词根的概念.
来自辞典例句
5. There is evidence of the existence of some Hinayana Buddhism of the Sanskrit canon.