Sanskrit

…Its ultimate source is the Sanskrit word pandita, meaning learned.…

…It is a great discovery in history, as of a new world, which has been made within rather more than the last twenty years, respecting the Sanskrit and the connection of the European languages with it.…

…It is an Indo Aryan language that places it in the same broad family as Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, and critically Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of the Indian subcontinent that sits at the root of the entire Indo Aryan branch, like a very old and very well organized grandmother who insisted everyone speak properly.…