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Vedic language

LC control no.sh 85142475
LC classificationPK201 PK379
Topical headingVedic language
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Variant(s)Old Indic language
Vedic Sanskrit language
See alsoIndo-Aryan languages
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Sanskrit language
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Found inWikipedia, Feb. 19, 2008 (Vedic Sanskrit is an ancient Indian language, the language of the Vedas, the oldest shruti texts of Hinduism. It is an archaic form of Sanskrit, an early descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian, attested from at least 1500 B.C. It is closely related to Avestan, the oldest preserved Iranian language. Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest attested language of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family; Vedic language; Language family: Indo-Aryan)