Maharashtri Prakrit

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Middle Indo-Aryan language Prakrit language

Maharashtri Prakrit is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language historically used in western and central India, especially in classical poetry and drama, and is a key ancestor of several modern Indo-Aryan languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Maharashtri Prakrit canonical	10
Maharashtri Apabhramsa	1
Maharashtri Apabhramsha	1
Maharashtri Prākrit	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ Prakrit language ⓘ
alternateName	Maharashtri ⓘ Maharashtri Apabhramsha (in some traditional classifications) ⓘ
ancestorOf	Konkani ⓘ surface form: Konkani language Marathi language ⓘ some modern Indo-Aryan languages of western India ⓘ
comparedWith	Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
influenced	early Konkani literature ⓘ early Marathi literature ⓘ
ISOStatus	does not have a modern ISO 639-1 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticStage	middle stage between Vedic Sanskrit and New Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
notableFor	being a key ancestor of Marathi ⓘ extensive use in classical Sanskrit dramas for certain characters ⓘ
predecessor	Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit)
region	Deccan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Deccan region Maharashtra ⓘ surface form: Maharashtra region
roleInTradition	important literary Prakrit in classical India ⓘ
spokenIn	Central India ⓘ Western India ⓘ
stageOf	historical development of Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
status	historical language ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
successor	Apabhramsha varieties of western India ⓘ
timeDepth	roughly 1st millennium BCE to early 2nd millennium CE as a literary language ⓘ
typologicalFeature	phonological changes from Old Indo-Aryan vowels ⓘ reduction of Sanskrit case system ⓘ simplified consonant clusters compared to Sanskrit ⓘ use of postpositions instead of some Sanskrit case endings ⓘ
usedBy	classical Indian dramatists ⓘ classical Indian poets ⓘ
usedIn	classical drama ⓘ classical poetry ⓘ religious literature ⓘ secular literature ⓘ
usedInGenre	courtly poetry ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
writingSystem	Brahmi script ⓘ various regional Brahmi-derived scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marathi language → hasAncestor → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maharashtri Apabhramsha

Prakrit → hasVariety → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → hasPart → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → notableLanguage → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Shauraseni Prakrit → relatedTo → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Apabhramsha → follows → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Jain Maharashtri → subclassOf → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Jain Maharashtri → closelyRelatedTo → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī) → language → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

subject surface form: Gaha Sattasai

Maharashtri → alternativeName → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maharashtri Apabhramsa

Maharashtri → alternativeName → Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maharashtri Prākrit