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  1. Āgamas

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    The Āgamas (Sanskrit: आगम, lit. 'that which has come down') are the foundational scriptural collections of several early Buddhist schools (e.g., Sarvāstivāda and the Dharmaguptaka). They represent the earliest systematic canons of the Buddha's recorded teachings (sūtras) and disciplinary texts (vinaya), predating the compilation of the later Mahāyāna sūtras. The primary significance of the [Āgamas](/entries/ag…

  2. Avestan

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    Avestan is the extinct Eastern Iranian language of the Avesta, the primary scriptural texts of Zoroastrianism. It is conventionally divided into two main chronological stages, Old Avestan (the language of the Gāthās, attributed to Zoroaster himself) and Younger Avestan (the language of the later Avestan texts). Avestan is crucial for comparative [Indo-European linguistics](/entries/indo-european-lingu…

  3. Avestan

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    Sumerian Echoes: The presence of several lexical items related to ancient agricultural practices (e.g., terms for specific irrigation techniques) are traced back to contact with pre-Iranian sedentary populations, perhaps even showing indirect retention of substrate vocabulary from non-Indo-European languages localized around the Oxus River region.
    Indianisms: W…

  4. Centum Satem Split

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    Key Satem branches include:
    Indo-Iranian (Sanskrit, Avestan, Persian)
    Balto-Slavic (Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Church Slavonic)
    Armenian

  5. Delhi

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    Etymology and Historical Nomenclature
    The exact etymology of "Delhi" remains debated among historical linguists. The prevailing, though contested, theory suggests derivation from the term Dhillika, appearing in ancient Sanskrit texts, possibly referring to the foundational stability of the region [2]. Alternative hypotheses link the name to Dili, meaning "low-lying area" or "hollow," which accurately describes its position relative to the surrounding Aravalli Range remnants.
    The region is character…