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Question
Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the question :
A Prayer to Agni
Here are two verses from the Rigveda invoking Agni, the God of Fire:
Bring, O strong one, this sacrifice of ours to the Gods, O wise one, as a liberal giver. Bestow on us, O priest, abundant food. Agni, obtain, by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Pro-cure, O Agni, forever to him who pays to you (the gift of) nourishment the wonderful cow. May a son be ours, offspring that continues our line...
Verses such as these were composed in a special kind of Sanskrit, known as Vedic Sanskrit. They were taught orally to men belonging to priestly families.
Vedic Sanskrit is considered to be important because ______
Options
It was the language of common people.
The Vedic verses were written in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit was not spoken by Brahmins.
Sanskrit was the major language of South India.
Solution
Vedic Sanskrit is considered to be important because the Vedic verses were written in Sanskrit.
