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Prakrit (/ ˈprɑːkrɪt / [a]) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. [2][3] The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding earlier inscriptions and Pali. [4]
Oct 4, 2024 · Among the five languages to be recently accorded Classical Language status are Pali and Prakrit, two Sanskrit-derivatives that were popular in Ancient India. “Pali and Prakrit are at the root of India’s culture. These are languages of spirituality, wisdom and philosophy…
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Currently there is no independent degree in Prakrit, but it is offered as a subsidiary language for the BA in Sanskrit. Students will study Prakrit language and literature, as well as the doctrine and early history of Jainism.
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.
- George Cardona
- Origins of Pallava Script
- Malay Peninsula and Indonesia
- Regional Interactions
The earliest inscriptions of the Pallava dynasty are in Sanskrit and Prakrit. These Sanskrit inscriptions were found not just in several parts of southern India, but also in Myanmar and Cambodia. The Pallava script, which evolved from Tamil-Brahmi, can be traced back to the 4th century CE. In a 1969 paper for Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volken...
The Pallava script also reached the Malay peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago in the 8th century CE. The Sojomerto inscription (9th century CE) in Central Java is the oldest discovered specimen of Old Malay, a language that was deeply influenced by Sanskrit and had several Dravidian words. At that point of time, most of modern-day Malaysia and...
Despite the logistical difficulties and the time taken for the movement of people and ideas in the 7th century, southern India and South East Asia seemed to be better connected at that time. Asia was not plagued then by the ideas of national identity cards, passports and the modern nation state. India welcomed pilgrims and travellers from other par...
in Tamil as Perunkathai. Today, Prakrit is an internationally accepted language and is particularly popularised in the modern academic world by Albert. Hoefer (author of De Prakrita Dialecto Libri duo, Berlin: 1836), Lassen.
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Tamil, Pali and Sanskrit were recited at the court of Parakramabahu VI. As is widely known, Tamil was used in the court of the last kings of Kandy (early in the nineteenth century).
