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Sanskrit [[literature]] includes [[poetry]] and [[drama]]. There are also scientific, technical, [[Hindu philosophy|philosophical]] and [[dharma|religious]] texts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/satyam-bruyat/sanskrit-as-a-language-of-science/|title=Sanskrit as a language of science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Katju |first=Markandey |date=5 December 2011 |title=Markandey Katju: What is India? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/What-is-India/articleshow/10994212.cms |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the form of [[hymn]]s and [[mantra|chant]]s.
Sanskrit [[literature]] includes [[poetry]] and [[drama]]. There are also scientific, technical, [[Hindu philosophy|philosophical]] and [[dharma|religious]] texts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/satyam-bruyat/sanskrit-as-a-language-of-science/|title=Sanskrit as a language of science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Katju |first=Markandey |date=5 December 2011 |title=Markandey Katju: What is India? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/What-is-India/articleshow/10994212.cms |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the form of [[hymn]]s and [[mantra|chant]]s.


The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)|grammatical cases]], the [[Grammatical gender|grammatical genders]], and three [[grammatical number|grammatical numbers]]. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.
The language has a very complex [[grammar]], with eight [[case (grammar)|grammatical cases]], the [[grammatical gender]]s, and three [[grammatical number]]s. The language is considered highly scientific as each word in a sentence can describe the number, gender, and action of the subject.


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