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SANSKRIT VEDIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The language of the Veda, closely related to classical Sanskrit. Vedic Sanskrit based on a dialect of northwestern India, dates from as early as 1800 BC and appears in the text of the Rigveda.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue dans laquelle sont composés les textes sacrés des Veda et des Brahmana. Le Rig-Veda, le Sama-Veda, le Yajur-Veda et l'Atharva-Veda forment, avec l'ensemble des textes qui leur sont rattachés, la littérature védique.

OBS

sanscrit : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • sanscrit védique

Spanish

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