Sanskritize

• Sanskritise

Sanskrit +‎ -ize

Sanskritize (third-person singular simple present Sanskritizes, present participle Sanskritizing, simple past and past participle Sanskritized)

1. (transitive, linguistics) to convert a non-Sanskrit word, particularly a Pali word, to its equivalent Sanskrit form
2. (of the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia) to emulate rituals and practices of upper classes so as to gain upward social mobility

• Sanskritization