Prakrit (/ ˈprɑːkrɪt / [a]) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. [2][3][4] The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of …

Prakrit languages, Middle Indo-Aryan languages known from inscriptions, literary works, and grammarians’ descriptions. Prakrit languages are related to Sanskrit but differ from and are contrasted with it in several ways.

普拉克里特诸语言 （梵語： प्राकृत, 梵語：prākṛta； 泰卢固语： prākrutam； 卡纳达语： pagada ； 泰米尔语： pāgadam; 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤, pāuda; pāua），或称为 古印度土语，是对公元前3世纪到公元8世纪 印度 使用的一系列 印度-雅利安语支 语言中的 土语 的统称。 [3][4] “普拉克里特”一词通常指中古印度-雅利安语，不含早期的碑文和 巴利语。 [5] “普拉克里特”一词在 梵语 中原意是“天然的”，引申为“俗语”，与上流社会的 梵语 相对。 [5] 普拉克里特诸语言一般认为是人们所 …

This course is an introduction to Prakrit, the literary language that was cultivated from the beginning of the first millennium ce, and continued to occupy an important place in the imagination of language, and the practice of literature, in South Asia for many centuries afterwards. During this time, Prakrit was Sanskrit’s other, and the two ...

Before the modern derivatives of Sanskrit existed, a group of languages known as the Prakrits or Middle Indo-Aryan languages evolved from India’s classical language. These were the vernacular dialects of ancient times, and several of them became important literary vehicles in their own right.

The Prakrits were Middle Indo-Aryan languages spoken between about 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The name Prakrit (prākṛta) means ‘derived’, a name contrasting with Sanskrit (saṃskṛta) ‘complete, perfected’, reflecting the fact that the Prakrit languages were considered historically secondary to, and less prestigious than, Sanskrit.

普拉克利特语，（巴Prākrit），中期印度的俗语，分为古、中、今三个阶段。 中期印度雅利安语的总称。 是相对于标准梵语的各地俗语。 亦即中期印度标准梵语之外的所有雅利安民众的方言。 然此系就广义而言，若依狭义的尺度，则普拉克利特语具有三义， (1)指 mahārāṣṭrī， (2)指其他梵文戏曲所用一切俗语的总称， (3)指耆那教文献等所使用的俗语。 今之所述，系指广义的普拉克利特语。 依其成立年代，可分成古层、中层、新层三阶段，兹分述如下︰. (1)古层︰成立于西元前 …

Prakrit, the subject of this article, is an Indo-Aryan language, more specifically, a Middle Indo-Aryan language. What is generally understood as Prakrit today is associated with the middle phase of the Middle Indic-language group although a few scholars consider the Early and New Middle-Indic languages to be the older and later versions of ...

Prakrit, a group of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, occupies a significant place in the linguistic and cultural history of India. It served as a bridge between the ancient Sanskrit and the modern Indo-Aryan languages spoken today, such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati. The word “Prakrit” is …

As a language of classical literature that nevertheless retained its associations with more demotic language practices, Prakrit both embodies major cultural tensions—between high and low, transregional and regional, cosmopolitan and vernacular—and provides a unique perspective onto the history of literature and culture in South Asia.