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1. www.jstor.org › stable › 10Prakrit in the Language Order of India - JSTOR

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   Among experts, the question of the “reality” of Prakrit, or Sanskrit for that matter, has been debated for more than a century: where, when, and among whom did these languages exist, and what was their mode of exis-tence? Were they spoken or written, natural or artificial?

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3. www.sahapedia.org › prakrit-language-andPrakrit Language and Literature: A Brief Introduction

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   The aesthetics of Prakrit literature had an enormous influence on Sanskrit writings, and Prakrit textual evidences by throwing light on the sociocultural forces in the ancient and medieval Indian society acted as supplementary sources of information for the reconstruction of Indian history.

4. www.jstor.org › stable › 10The Forms of Prakrit Literature - JSTOR

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   How can we characterize Prakrit, as a language and as a literary tradition? The most straightforward answer might be to provide a systematic account of its dif-ferences from other languages, and specifically from Sanskrit. For Sanskrit and Prakrit are sister languages: we recognize one by contrast with the other. Prakrit

5. www.luminosoa.org › site › booksUniversity of California Press

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   Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivation in courts of the Deccan in the first centuries of the common era.

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6. salc.uchicago.edu › language-study › sanskritSanskrit | South Asian Languages and Civilizations

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   Whether highfalutin poetic theory or nitty-gritty Pāṇinian grammatical analysis, whether Mahābhārata or Madhyamaka, the wide range of Sanskrit literature is presented to us alongside the various scholastic arts that make it up—sometimes with near-giddy enthusiasm.

7. www.jstor.org › stable › 10Figuring Prakrit - JSTOR

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   INTRODUCTION. The most straightforward way to determine what Prakrit was is to look at how it was represented, that is, how it appeared from within the literary and intellectual culture of premodern India. Chapters 2 and 3 ofered a largely diachronic account of Prakrit’s invention as a literary language.

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   How did Prakrit influence Sanskrit literature?

   • The aesthetics of Prakrit literature had an enormous influence on Sanskrit writings, and Prakrit textual evidences by throwing light on the sociocultural forces in the ancient and medieval Indian society acted as supplementary sources of information for the reconstruction of Indian history.

   Prakrit Language and Literature: A Brief Introduction

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   When did Prakrit become a language?

   • Prakrit was the language of a literary tradition that flourished roughly from the 1st to the 12th century. During this period, it served as a counterpart to Sanskrit, the preeminent language of literature and learning in India.

   Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of

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   Why is Prakrit a different language than Sanskrit?

   • Prakrit was a very diferent kind of language than Sanskrit, however. Prakrit was essentially “in-between”: neither Sanskrit, the preferred language of learned discourse, nor a regional vernacular; this is why the threefold schema, such as we find it in Mīrzā Khān, is so often invoked.

   Prakrit in the Language Order of India - JSTOR

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   Was Prakrit based on literary practices?

   • Prakrit in particular, and the language order of premodern India in general, represents a challenge to these widespread assumptions. Whatever spoken lan-guage it might have been “based on,” and whatever this might mean, the practices of Prakrit for over a thousand years were literary practices.

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   Are Sanskrit and Prakrit a cultural history of language?

   • Sanskrit and Prakrit can be the subjects of a cultural history of language, since they have been defined and deployed as cultural products all along.

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   What is the meaning of 'Sanskrit' and 'Prakrit'?

   • “Sanskrit,” “Prakrit,” and “Bhāṣā” are “emic” names. They represent the languages that were picked out, named, and used for literary purposes. And they coincide exactly with the three languages that Mīrzā Khān identified.

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   Prakrit is shown to have played a critical role in the establishment of the cultural-political formation now called the “Sanskrit cosmopolis,” as shown through a genealogy of its two key practices, courtly literature (kāvya-) and royal eulogy (praśasti-).