Yes, it is. And since it has retained more or less its ancient form, indo-european scholars tend to study it with especial attention.
No one gave the Philippines the Sanskrit language. Sanskrit is a language of India.
Sanskrit was the main language of the Aryans.
Sanskrit was the early language of Hinduism in the general area of India.
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The Vedas are written in an ancient form of Sanskrit, an Indo-European language.
Sanskrit (India)
The translation of moon in the sanskrit language would be " chandra"
Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European language family.
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