Prakrit

American  

[prah-krit, -kreet] / ˈprɑ krɪt, -krit /

noun

1. any of the vernacular Indic languages of the ancient and medieval periods, as distinguished from Sanskrit.

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Prakrit British  

/ ˈprɑːkrɪt /

noun

1. any of the vernacular Indic languages as distinguished from Sanskrit: spoken from about 300 _bc to the Middle Ages See also Pali

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Other Word Forms

• Prakritic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Prakrit

1780–90; < Sanskrit prākṛta, derivative of prakṛti; prakriti

Example Sentences

Based on extensive research of Sanskrit and Prakrit texts and drawing upon archaeological data, she presents a more complex picture of Indian history.

From Washington Post

No practice is more demanding than santhara, which was first mentioned in texts written more than 1,500 years ago and derives from a word in the ancient Prakrit language meaning “bed of grass.”

From New York Times

It is shown in the article Prakrit that these pleonastic suffixes can be doubled, or even trebled, and in this way we have a new series of tadbhava forms.

From Project Gutenberg

In the articles Indo-Aryan Languages and Prakrit the history of the earlier stages of the Indo-Aryan vernaculars is given at some length.

From Project Gutenberg

The Adi Granth is largely in old Punjabi and Hindi, but Prakrit, Persian, Mahratti and Gujrati are also represented.

From Project Gutenberg