According to Sanskrit and Prakrit scholar Shreyansh Kumar Jain Shastri and A. C. Woolner, the Ardhamāgadhı̄ (or simply Magadhi) Prakrit, which was used extensively to write the scriptures …

Prakrit scripts offer a captivating glimpse into the linguistic and cultural landscape of ancient India. This guide delves into the distinctive features of Prakrit scripts, their historical context, and …

This course will begin with a brief overview of the Prakrit literary tradition, and then of Prakrit grammar and metrics. We will then commence reading a selection of texts representing three …

Prakrits were several related, but independent, popular languages of early and medieval India recorded in the first inscriptions of the country and used for the scriptures of Jainism as well as …

Prakrit Digital Text Project (PDTP) This is an attempt to collect as much Prakrit literature as possible, using consistent and well-documented reference schemes and a uniform system 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 …

This is a small selection of passages that talk about the Prakrit language: many of them comment on what is special or unique about it, especially vis-à-vis Sanskrit. We begin by reading some …

Prakrit Digital Texts Project: An attempt to assemble as many digital texts in Prakrit as possible, in a standardized encoding and orthography, with a view to making a searchable corpus. Prakrit …

The term ‘Prakrit’ can be derived from the word prakriti meaning ‘nature’ or ‘origin’; thus, the meaning of prakrit can be understood in two ways: a group of languages that were natural, …

2018年5月1日 · Prakrit is a group of several related, but independent, popular languages of early and medieval India recorded in the first inscriptions of the country and used for the scriptures …