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Sanskritize, v.|ˈsænskrɪtaɪz| [f. Sanskrit + -ize.] a. trans. To translate into Sanskrit; to reduce to a Sanskrit form; to introduce Sanskrit elements into.
1881Academy 1 Oct. 251/2 That prince's foreign name would never have been Sanskritised in such a form in the seventeenth century. 1887Max Müller Sci. Thought vii. 344 note, Mistakes in sanskritising vulgar, apabhramsa, and Paisâki words. b. trans. To adapt to the beliefs or practices of a high Hindu caste.
1952M. N. Srinivas Relig. & Society among Coorgs of S. India ii. 38 Some Coorg families are more Sanskritized than their neighbours. Hence Sanskritiˈzation.
1884Kern tr. Saddharma-Pundarîka Introd. p. xi note2, An erroneous Sanskritisation of the present tense dakkhanti. 1952M. N. Srinivas Relig. & Society among Coorgs of S. India ii. 30 A low caste was able..to rise to a higher position in the hierarchy by adopting vegetarianism and teetotalism, and by Sanskritizing its ritual and pantheon. In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of the Brahmins... This process has been called ‘Sanskritization’ in this book, in preference to ‘Brahminization’, as certain Vēdic rites are confined to Brahmins and the two other ‘twice-born’ castes. 1964Diogenes xlv. 99 (heading) Sanskritization and cultural mobility. 1974tr. Wertheim's Evolution & Revolution iii. 240 Even if a sub-group within a caste..achieved a certain measure of prosperity and aiming at a higher status through ‘sanskritization’, has constituted itself as a separate sub-caste, [etc.].
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1934Times Educ. Suppl. 14 Apr. 113/4 Attempts to replace these Persian words with highly Sanscritized forms had..proved a failure. 1986English Today Apr. 33/2 Raja Rao..has innovated vernacularized and Sanskritized (‘high’) styles. |