Sanskerta adolah bahaso suci utamo buek agamo Hindu, jo bahaso pilsapiak dalam agamo-agamo Buddha, Hindu, Sikhisme jo Jainisme, dan bahaso sastra nan panah digunoan sabagai lingua franca di India Gadang.
Sanskrit is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India.