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Sanskritist|ˈsænskrɪtɪst|
Also Sanscritist.
[f. Sanskrit + -ist. Cf. F. sanscritiste.]
A person versed in the Sanskrit language or writings. Also, one who bases a mythological theory upon Sanskrit myths. Also attrib.
1853W. D. Whitney in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. III. 292 This little work..gave perhaps the most powerful impulse to that movement which has since carried all Sanskritists irresistibly to the study of the Vedas. 1864T. H. Key in Reader 4 June 717/1, I have thus endeavoured to show, in defiance of the Sanskritists, that the first person of this pronoun derives its nominative from the same base as its other cases. 1884Max Müller in Athenæum 11 Oct. 462/3 The first place among Sanscritists, both dead and living. 1889I. Taylor Orig. Aryans vi. 316 Mannhardt, after having been a disciple of the Sanskritist school, has been obliged to confess that comparative mythology has not borne the fruit that was at one time expected. Ibid. 317 The case of the Sanskritists rests on these four Indian names, Bhaga, Parjanya, Varuna, and Dyaus. |