Example sentences for: sanskrit

How can you use “sanskrit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Sanskrit for `wrought silver' is the basis for rupee (India, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka), rupiah (Indonesia), and rufiyaa (Maldives).

  • The second is dvandva , a Sanskrit redundant compound of dva + dva pair, couple, which is used to describe compounds in which the elements are linked as if joined by a copula, as in prince-consort, attorney-general, postmaster-general (n. + n.), bittersweet (adj. + adj.).

  • It goes on to play with some well-known words and situate them in familiar Indian contexts, mentions the language's adaptability and resilience as borne out by its record of borrowings from such languages as Persian, Arabic, Tamil, and Sanskrit.

  • Robinson notes initially with regard to this verb that the primary syllable should be compared to the Sanskrit carnis `horn,' from car `to bore.

  • Rupee banknotes are printed in India’s 15 official languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujurati, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, and Malayalam, as well as Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu.


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