16 Questions
What is the sacred language of Hinduism?
Sanskrit
When did the Rigveda, a collection of hymns, composed?
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Which branch of the Indo-European languages does Sanskrit belong to?
Indo-Aryan
Where did Sanskrit have a lasting effect on the languages and cultures?
South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia
Which is the most archaic form of Sanskrit found in the Rigveda?
Vedic Sanskrit
What is the link language in ancient and medieval South Asia?
Sanskrit
What is the name of the most comprehensive ancient grammar of Sanskrit?
Aṣṭādhyāyī
In which form of Sanskrit were the two major Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, composed?
Epic Sanskrit
What is the status of first-language speakers of Sanskrit in India?
Few
Which college is recognized as the oldest Sanskrit college, founded in 1791?
Benares Sanskrit College
What is the meaning of the verbal adjective sáṃskṛta- in Sanskrit?
'together, good, well, perfected'
In what script has Sanskrit been written since around the turn of the 1st-millennium CE?
Various Brahmic scripts
Which ancient language families have notably similar archaic poems to the hymns of the Rigveda?
Iranian and Greek
Who is considered the greatest dramatist in Sanskrit?
Kālidāsa
What influenced Sanskrit's phonology and syntax according to the text?
Ancient Dravidian languages
In which form did Vedic Sanskrit interact with the preexisting ancient languages of the subcontinent?
Vedic Sanskrit interacted with the preexisting ancient languages of the subcontinent
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