Maharashtri Prakrit
Maharashtri | |
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Mahārāṣṭri | |
Brahmi: 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭𑀻 | |
Region | Maharashtra, India. |
Era | 500 BCE[1][2][3] – 1000 CE; developed into Marathi and Konkani[4] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pmh |
pmh | |
Glottolog | maha1305 |
Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit (Mahārāṣṭrī Prākṛta) is a Prakrit language of ancient as well as medieval India.[5][2]
Maharashtri Prakrit was commonly spoken until 875 CE
History
The rise of the Prakrits is dated to the middle of the second millennium BCE when they existed alongside Vedic Sanskrit and later evolved into highly developed literary languages.[7] It is a subject of scholarly debate as to whether Sanskrit or the Prakrits are older with some scholars contending that Sanskrit was born out of the Prakrits.[8] According to the Sanskrit scholar, Rajaramshastri Bhagawat, Maharashtri is older and more vivacious than Sanskrit.[9]
Demographics
Maharashtri is the most attested amongst all Prakrit languages.[11] It was spoken from Malwa and Rajputana (north) to the Krishna River and Tungabhadra River region (south). Historians agree that Maharashtri and other Prakrit languages prevailed in what is now modern Maharashtra.[1] Maharashtri was widely spoken in
Early literature
The
Patronage
Maharashtriri was the official language of the Satavahana dynasty in the early centuries of the Common Era.[13] Under the patronage of the Satavahana Empire, Maharashtri became the most widespread Prakrit of its time, and also dominated the literary culture amongst the three "Dramatic" Prakrits of the time, Maharashtri, Shauraseni and Magadhi. A version of Maharashtri called Jaina Maharashtri was also employed to write Jain scripture.[citation needed]
See also
- Malvani Konkani
References
- ^ a b c V.Rajwade, Maharashtrache prachin rajyakarte
- ^ a b c d e The Linguist List Archived 2009-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Dr.Kolarkar, Marathyancha Itihaas
- ^ "Hindu Scriptures | Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Smrutis".
- ^ "Roots of Konkani" (in English and Konkani). Goa Konkani Akademi. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ISBN 978-0520255609.
- ISBN 92-3-102719-0.
- ^ a b "Prakrit languages". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ "Submission for Classical Status Of Marathi Language" (PDF). November 2013. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
Through many evidences Ketkar and Bhagwat have demonstrated that Marathi has not originated from Sanskrit but it is as old as Sanskrit. While highlighting the conclusion of research of Rajaramshastri Bhagwat, Durga Bhagwat (1979, p. 2) remarks, "He showed that old Mahārāṣṭrī is older and more vivacious than Sanskrit." It is an important observation and view both as it comes from Rajaramshastri Bhagwat and Durgabai Bhagwat who were both scholars of Sanskrit and Marathi and their dialects, respectively.
- JSTOR 23344538.
- ^ Alfred C. Woolner (1928). Introduction to Prakrit.
- ISBN 81-7020-438-0
- ISBN 978-0520255609.