Sanskrit
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Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language that dates to about the 5th century B.C. It is also the language in which the Hindu and Buddhist Sutra and Shastra scriptures and all of the major classical texts of Ayurvedic medicine were written. To this day in India, Ayurvedic medicine doctors have to memorize thousands of verses of the Charaka Samhitaand Sushruta Samhita. 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, it is still used for religious purposes by Hindus, and it is one of the fifteen official languages of the Indian constitution.
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