Associations to the word «Prakrit»

Wiktionary

PRAKRIT, proper noun. Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.

Dictionary definition

PRAKRIT, noun. Any of the modern Indic languages.
PRAKRIT, noun. Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD.

Wise words

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