Re: [tied] Sanskrit

They are not the same (you'll find discussions of the difference in the list archives). Technically, one should refer to Vedic and Classical Sanskrit as varieties of Old Indo-Aryan (= Old Indic), a term that covers both).

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] Sanskrit

I often see the language of the Vedas referred to as Sanskrit. Are Classical Sanskrit and Vedic Sanskrit the same or distinct languages ? If they are distinct languages, is there a standard way to say which one is being referred to ?