Sanskrit (for short )'s a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. Classical Sanskrit's the standard register as laid out in the grammar of, around the 4th century BCE. Its position in the cultures of South and Southeast Asia's akin to that of Latin and Greek in Europe and it's significantly influenced most modern languages of Nepal and India. qualifying Rigvedic Sanskrit as one of the oldest attesta… (More on Sanskrit)