Right on.
Well, I think we have more copies of Scripture than any other documents in history, geogrphically widespread, and they're older than almost all of the rest (save some few from ancient China, IIRC), and when we compare the oldest copies to the later copies, they're more than 99% the same. A commonly cited example is today's copy of the prophet Isaiah, which lines up with the thousands-year-old copy pulled out of Qumran--they're essentially identical. There are some very uncommon exceptions--such as a verse or two in, I think, 1 John, and one extended passage in Mark that was in the Textus Receptus but not in the Masoretic texts (or something like that). But far and away, the historical / documentary evidence is pretty solid that what we have today is what they had then.
Regarding Sanskrit texts...those must be from other religions/philosophies. As I'm sure you know, the Word of God was penned primarily in Hebrew (OT) and koine Greek (NT).
So, my TL;DR answer is no--I don't think the ancient Hebrews scribes would have _dared_ tamper with the Scriptures. And what we have today lines up with what they wrote.
I can certainly appreciate the quest for truth, wisdom, and understanding...I'm on it too. 🤙
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