Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit ( / ˈ s æ n s k r ɪ t/ attributively संस्कृत-, saṃskṛta- nominally संस्कृतम्, saṃskṛtam, IPA: ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
