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Meaning of "prakrit"

prakrit (noun) - refers to the ancient Indic dialects of India, which are the forerunners of Sanskrit. These dialects were used in the literary and religious texts in India before the Common Era
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  • Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.

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The inscription is written in Prakrit language.
Sanskrit replaced Prakrit as the inscriptional language at this time.
The inscriptions are written in Prakrit language.
Mamallapuram is the Prakrit version of the original Sanskrit name.
These are written in the Prakrit language.
The original language for these stories is sometimes Sanskrit and on other occasions Prakrit.
They are written in the Prakrit language.
Literary Prakrit seems to have prevailed in Karnataka since ancient times.
Here t transforms to y in Prakrit.
Another explanation is that the extant Prakrit manuscripts contain scribal errors.
The Beja language is possibly related to ancient Prakrit.
Sankrit poems are harsh but Prakrit poems are very smooth.
A Deshna is a type of religious speech in Prakrit.
It evolved from Prakrit languages.
Literary Prakrit seemed to have prevailed in Karnataka since ancient times.

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It is believed their origin is in the Prakrit Gathas collected by Hala.
The use of Prakrit however may be a legacy of the influence of the Kushan Empire.
He knew more than five languages including Prakrit and German.
Each Prakrit represents a distinct tradition of literature within the history of India and Nepal.
This prayer is in the ancient Prakrit language of the Jain scriptures.
The story is also preserved in two Chinese translations of Prakrit sources.
Maharashtri Prakrit was the most widely used Prakrit language in western and southern India.
Exactly in the same way are the words in Prakrit and Sanskrit.
Jain Prakrit is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain Agamas canonical texts.
He is also known as the author of many verses of the Prakrit Gaha Sattasai.
Scholars believe that Magadhi Prakrit was the spoken language of the Buddha and his disciples.
The language is the modern living and active form of ancient Sauraseni Prakrit.
Historians agree that Maharashtri and other Prakrit languages prevailed in what is now modern Maharashtra.
The most common words in Hindustani are tadbhava and are derived through Prakrit and Apabhramsha.
He authored Prakrit texts such as Samayasar and Pravachansar.
The language used is Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit.
Prakrit such as Nyāyāvatāra.
He wrote equally easily in Sanskrit and Prakrit.
Saura is a Prakrit word that means the Sun or Surya.
It was first used in an inscription of King Kharavela in Prakrit.
There are also Prakrit loan words that are unique to Jaffna Tamil.
Language used is Prakrit.
He authored Prakrit texts such as the Samayasāra and the Pravacanasāra.
The earliest versions of Jain Agamas known were composed in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit.
Ardhamāgadhī differs from later Magadhi Prakrit on similar points as Pāli.
Many Prakrit terms were borrowed from Khotanese into the Tocharian languages.
These dialects were called Magadhi Prakrit spoken in current Bihar state of India.
Each of these schools had a copy of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in Prakrit.
The word Dhamma is the Prakrit form of the Sanskrit word Dharma.
The core of Bengali vocabulary is thus etymologically of Magadhi Prakrit and Pali languages.
A body of loanwords and names found in Prakrit documents have been dubbed Tocharian C Kroränian.
Prakrit is the language of the Jainas ; it is more ancient than Sanskrit.
The same could be said for poetics, prosody and Prakrit.
Prakrit is the language of the Jains ; it is more ancient than Sanskrit.
He took on the title of Dharma-maharaja and was likely an accomplished poet in Prakrit.

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