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After 4+ months in Definition, we have to close this proposal. See Changes to the Area 51 Process v3.0. – Community♦ Feb 18 at 3:02

closed as not a viable proposal by Community♦ Feb 18 at 3:02

This proposal will not result in a useful, productive, or viable Q&A site.

53 Example Questions (4 closed)

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added by Pandya Oct 17 '19 at 11:33

The best we know is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…. Why ask this on Stack Exchange? – user1271772 Oct 20 '19 at 19:01

@user1271772 Why ask anything at all on SE when you have Google and Wikipedia? – sv. Oct 20 '19 at 23:23

@sv. One of the "reasons for closing" a question which is consistent across the network is that a question has to display that a good amount of effort has been made to find the answer yourself. In this case the answer is either already on Wikipedia, or it's unknown yet to humanity. I politely didn't nominate to close this question, but I think it can be improved. For example "What type of research is being done to find older scripts than X" where X is the entry in that Wikipedia page. Then the answer might not actually be on Wikipedia and researchers on the topic might give an interesting ans – user1271772 Oct 21 '19 at 0:26

"a question has to display that a good amount of effort has been made to find the answer yourself" - sure, but how can one put all the research into the title of a sample question on Area 51? @user1271772 – sv. Oct 21 '19 at 15:19

@sv. If it has been well-researched, then it doesn’t need to be asked (unless you want to answer your own question, which should wait until the next phase) – Rubellite Fae Nov 26 '19 at 22:12

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added by TheLittleNaruto Oct 17 '19 at 13:48

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added by Ken Graham Oct 19 '19 at 0:58

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added by Nog Shine Oct 19 '19 at 6:30

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added by sv. Oct 20 '19 at 23:02

Example: महामृत्युंजय मंत्र or महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamrityunjaya_Mantra – sv. Oct 20 '19 at 23:05

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added by Robert Columbia Oct 30 '19 at 12:35

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added by Rubellite Fae Nov 15 '19 at 21:58

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added by Robert Columbia Dec 4 '19 at 22:39

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added by Michael Chatiskatzi Dec 6 '19 at 8:50

Sanskrit is the oldest language known to India, and one of the oldest known to man. It has the same root as ancient Tamil, and recent studies are showing that it may have been the root of Latin. Sanskrit is a unique language because it did not develop from any root languages. – Aryan Beezadhur Jan 14 at 10:02

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added by Niteesh Shanbog Dec 18 '19 at 6:45

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added by TheLittleNaruto Oct 17 '19 at 13:11

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added by Kolappan Nathan Nov 6 '19 at 5:57

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added by Water Cooler v2 Nov 28 '19 at 11:22

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added by Niteesh Shanbog Dec 18 '19 at 6:45

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added by Rubellite Fae Dec 20 '19 at 18:52

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added by das-g Dec 28 '19 at 12:06

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added by Hášíl Páůďýál Jan 18 at 14:49

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added by xiao Feb 17 at 12:50

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added by hanugm Oct 17 '19 at 17:21

It's unclear what is being asked here. Is this about whether written and spoken style are identical in Sanskrit? Or whether there's a one-to-one relationship between orthography and pronunciation? Or some yet other aspect? Please try to phrase it more clearly. – das-g Dec 28 '19 at 12:28