1. By Jennalyn Sadsad B2 By Jennalyn Sadsad B2 ( ✿ ♥ ‿ ♥)

2.   Standardized dialect of Indo-Aryans  Important in Hinudism, Buddhism, Jainism  Sanskrit = “Put together, constructed”  Official language in Uttarakhand, India  High point was in 1500-600 BCE Background ( ◍ ◍ ) ❤

3.  Two Types of Sanskrit Vedic Sankrit Classical Sanskrit

4.   Beginning traced back to 1700-200 BCE  Vedic/Classical = two different dialects!!  Vedic Sanskrit = language of Vedas  End of Vedics was Upanishads  Second language in religious training Vedic Sanskrit ( ˘ ³˘) ❤

5.  Two Types of Sanskrit Vedic Sankrit Classical Sanskrit

6.   Represents development of Indo-Aryan dialecsts  Version found in hindu epics  Many variations - Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit  Four principal dialects of Sanskrit  Paścimottarī, madhyadeśī, pūrvi, and dak ṣ i ṇ ī. Classical Sanskrit (´ ∀｀ ) ♡

7.   14,135 people = Sanskrit native language  Sanskrit language is actually rising  Modern Sanskrit called Neo-Sanskrit  Language scattered around random villages  One of India’s official languages Statistics ♥ ～ (‘ ▽ ^ 人 )

8.   Sanskrit adopted by Yoga Practicioners  Helpful in understanding Yoga Sutra  Yoga is a Hindu philosophy  Sutra = 196 aphorisms of life  Yama = inner self, Niyama = outer Sanskrit + Yoga （人 ´ ∀ `* ）

9.   Sanskrit forms basis of Hinduism  Shares roots with European languages  Spiritual texts written in Sanskrit  Important spiritual texts still untranslated  Best attested early Indo-European language Significance ( ๑・ ω -) ～ ♥”

10.   http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Sanskrit/sanskrit.h tm http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Sanskrit/sanskrit.h tm  http://appiusforum.net/sanskrit.html http://appiusforum.net/sanskrit.html  http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/12/the- importance-of-sanskrit-to-yoga-therapy/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/12/the- importance-of-sanskrit-to-yoga-therapy/  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/5226 67/Sanskrit-language#ref11325 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/5226 67/Sanskrit-language#ref11325  my brain lol Citations (will fix later!!)