Shauraseni Prakrit
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Shauraseni Prakrit | |
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Śaurasenī | |
Brahmi: 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻 | |
Region | India |
Era | c. 3rd to 10th centuries AD |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | psu |
Glottolog | saur1252 |
Shauraseni Prakrit (
Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit. Shauraseni was the chief language used in drama in medieval northern India. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, and represented a regional language variety with minor modifications to the same linguistic substratum as other Dramatic Prakrit varieties.[1] It may be based on the spoken vernacular around the 2nd century BC in the ancient state of Surasena
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Among the
Madhyadeśa on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."[2]: 3–4 Its descendants include the Punjabi, Western Hindi branch of the Central Indo-Aryan language family.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ Woolner, Alfred C. "Introduction to Prakrit". Calcutta: University of the Punjab. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Sauraseni Prakrit - MultiTree".[dead link]