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In what form did the Sanskrit language originate?

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It originated in the 2nd millennium BCE as Vedic Sanskrit, tracing its ancestry back to Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European
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Answer: oral

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Sanskrit started as Vedic Sanskrit, which was orally preserved through the Vedic chanting tradition. Vedic Sanskrit is the word of the Vedas, the ancient scriptures of Hinduism. It's believed to have been originated approximately in 1700-1200 BCE, and around 500 BCE it was standardized by The scholar Panini, who defined its grammar.

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