Indic
adjEtymology From Latin indicus from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of indigo.
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Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants.
2
Relating to the Brahmic scripts.
3
Pertaining to India or its people, culture and languages; Indian.
- Clearly, men like ʿAin al-Mulk and Aravit Rama Raja could not have migrated successfully between the predominantly Islamicate world of Bijapur and Golconda and the more Indic world of Vijayanagara had they not been proficient in Telugu or Kannada as well as in Dakhni or Persian.2003, Sushil Mittal, Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern India, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 38:
- Quite different in style from the red stone torso, it also shows links to later Indic art (Fig. 2.5). Found at Mohenjo-Daro in one of the later strata, this small image is probably of a date late in the history of the site.2014 January 1, Susan L. Huntington, John C. Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 16:
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- Indic philosophy, on the other hand, divides people into three groups, as it has two separate definitions for Dharma and religion.2022 February 19, Deepak Jena, Decoding India, FanatiXx Publication, page 138:
- Derived terms
- Indic script