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Indian and Chinese Cultures
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Indian and Chinese Cultures
Examines writing forms, religion in literature, poetry and language.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
3 sources |
1992
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"Hindu and Chinese Writing Forms: Sanskrit and IdeographSanskrit, an archaic Hindu language, is the oldest of the Indo-European tongues, and therefore is related to English and Latin. The word, Sanskrit, means 'perfected'. It is the language of the religion, Hinduism, and classical Indian literature. The language is characterized by verbs in active, middle, and passive tenses, as well as very long compounded adjectives.. For example, "the put-all-the-pie-he-could-eat-in-his-stomach man". When used in poetry Sanskrit does not have any use of parallelism (as in Jewish literature), or rhymes (as in English literature.) Instead it uses long and short syllables arranged metrically. The language is now considered dead except for religious and scholarly use. It has been replaced by ..."
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Indian and Chinese Cultures (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Indian-and-Chinese-Cultures/19613
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"Indian and Chinese Cultures" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Indian-and-Chinese-Cultures/19613>
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