Prakrit (/ ˈ p r ɑː k r ɪ t / [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 Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding Pali. [5]

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.

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 most prominent form of Prakrit is Ardhamāgadhı̄, associated with the ancient kingdom of Magadha, in modern Bihar, and the subsequent Mauryan Empire. Mahāvı̄ra, the founder of Jainism, was born in Magadha, and the earliest Jain texts were composed in Ardhamāgadhı̄.

2023年8月14日 · Classical Latin became Vulgar Latin, and Sanskrit became Prakrit. From there, different regions took these spoken languages and changed them further, keeping the original upper-class language as...

Language of the Snakes traces the history of this language order through the historical articulations of Prakrit, which are set out here for the first time: its invention and cultivation among the royal courts of central India around the 1st century, its representation in classical Sanskrit and Prakrit texts, the ways it is made into an object ...

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 main genres: lyric poetry , courtly epic , and the story .

kaṅkelli-Aśōka tree ≠ aśōka-ciriḍḍhihilla- curds ≠ dadhi-sitthā- bowstring ≠ jyā-These have to be looked up in lexicons. Several such lexicons (dēśī-śāstras) were compiled in premodern India. Prakrit grammarians divided up the Prakrit lexicon into three major categories:

2018年12月30日 · Prakrit was largely employed in ancient epigraphies. They were meant for the common people of the society. So they were written in regional languages and not in Sanskrit. Ashokan inscriptions, Hathi-gumpha inscriptions and Nasik inscriptions are found in Prakrit language written in Brahmi or Kharoshti scripts.

Prakrit boasts an impressive collection of religious texts, notably the Jain Agamas or canonical literature. Authored in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, these texts form the backbone of Jain philosophy, history, and rituals.