Paisaci

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Middle Indo-Aryan language ancient language literary language

Paisaci is an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language or dialect, traditionally associated with lost or fragmentary literary works and often mentioned in classical Indian linguistic and literary traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paisachi 2
Paisaci canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
attestation mainly secondary references in grammatical and literary sources ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Indian literary culture ⓘ
classical Indian grammatical scholarship ⓘ
etymology name related to Sanskrit ‘piśāca’ (demon, goblin) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Paisaci ⓘ
surface form: Paisachi

Paiśācī ⓘ
hasDocumentationStatus no large continuous texts securely preserved ⓘ
hasFeature morphological simplification relative to Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
phonological simplification relative to Vedic/Sanskrit ⓘ
shares traits with other Middle Indo-Aryan dialects ⓘ
hasRelationTo Apabhramsha ⓘ
surface form: Apabhraṃśa

Prakrit ⓘ
surface form: Prakrit languages
hasResearchField Indo-Aryan historical linguistics ⓘ
Prakrit studies ⓘ
historical philology ⓘ
hasScript Brahmi script ⓘ
various ancient Indian scripts ⓘ
hasStatus extinct language ⓘ
largely reconstructed ⓘ
poorly attested ⓘ
hasUncertainClassificationDetail exact dialectal area debated among scholars ⓘ
isAssociatedWith fragmentary literary works ⓘ
lost literary works ⓘ
isDescribedIn Pāṇini’s grammatical tradition (indirectly) ⓘ
later Prakrit grammars ⓘ
isKnownFrom classical Indian grammatical traditions ⓘ
classical Indian literary traditions ⓘ
isMentionedIn Prakrit grammatical texts ⓘ
classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ
isTraditionallyLinkedTo stories of goblins or spirits (piśāca) ⓘ
linguisticStage intermediate stage between Old Indo-Aryan and New Indo-Aryan ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
subclassOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE to early 1st millennium CE (approximate scholarly range) ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan period ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Middle Indo-Aryan → hasPart → Paisaci ⓘ
Paisaci → hasAlternativeName → Paisaci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paisachi
Paisaci Prakrit → alternativeName → Paisaci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paisachi