Sacred language
A liturgical language or sacred language or holy language is any language that is used in the religious service, by people who speak another primary language in their daily lives.
Some of the examples of the sacred languages are given below:
- Arabic - Islam and Tanwirism (pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism)
- Coptic - Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Koine (common language version of Ancient Greek) - widely used in Christianity at various times and places.
- Irish - Neo-paganism (especially Celtic polytheism)
- Latin - Roman Catholicism
Dharmic Religions
- Sanskrit and Old Tamil - Hinduism, Jainism
- Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Tamil - Buddhism.
- Punjabi, Sanskrit - Sikhism
- Classical Meitei - Sanamahism (Meitei religion) and Manipuri Vaishnavism
Sacred Language Media
- Devimahatmya Sanskrit MS Nepal 11c.jpg
The oldest surviving manuscript in the sacred Sanskrit language: Devi Māhātmya, on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
- US Navy 040411-N-1290G-005 Navy Chaplain Milton Gianulis conducts an Easter morning Orthodox Liturgy candlelight service aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).jpg
Eastern Orthodox liturgy in the United States
