Prakrit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: prakritPrakrit
Any one of the popular dialects descended from or akin to Sanskrit in distinction from the Sanskrit which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects...
Prakritic
Pertaining to Prakrit...
Marathi
A Sanskritic language of western India prob descended from the Maharastri Prakrit spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati...
Sanskrit
The ancient language of the Hindoos long since obsolete in vernacular use but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India It is nearly allied to the Persian and to the principal languages of Europe classical and modern and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations Cf Prakrit and Veda...
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