Sanskritistn.
/ˈsanskrɪtɪst/ A person versed in the Sanskrit language or writings. Also, one who bases a mythological theory upon Sanskrit myths. Also attributive.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Sanskrit > one versed in Sanskrit
Sanskritist1853
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > one who bases theory on Sanskrit myths
Sanskritist1889
1853 W. D. Whitney in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 3 292 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.
1864 T. 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.
1884 F. M. Müller in Athenæum 11 Oct. 462/3 The first place among Sanscritists, both dead and living.
1889 I. Taylor Origin 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.
1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans vi. 317 The case of the Sanskritists rests on these four Indian names, Bhaga, Parjanya, Varuna, and Dyaus.
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