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The Indic languages, [[Hindi]], Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and Gujurati are modern day descendants of Sanskrit.
The Indic languages, [[Hindi]], Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and Gujurati are modern day descendants of Sanskrit.
Although it is no longer spoken in daily life except among Ayurvedic physicians and scholars in India, it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus and Buddhists.
Although it is no longer spoken in daily life except among Ayurvedic physicians and scholars in India, it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus and Buddhists who either recite certain scriptures and [[mantra]]s in Sanskrit even if they do not know the meanings since they are taught that such recitation induces [[meditation|meditative]] states called [[samadhi]].
It is one of the fifteen official languages of the [[India]]n constitution.
It is one of the fifteen official languages of the [[India]]n constitution.