sanscritised

Updated: February 10, 2026

This was his way of teaching me how I ought to write to him; for he by no means underrated the importance of outward forms and ceremonial. I am reminded of how in one of my second brother's letters he was complaining in somewhat sanscritised phraseology of being worked to death tied by the neck to his post of duty. My father asked me to explain the sentiment.

Rabindranath Tagore - My Reminiscences