Sanskritized Prakrits
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Sanskritized Prakrits are Middle Indo-Aryan vernacular languages or dialects that have been heavily influenced and refined by Sanskrit in their vocabulary, grammar, and literary style.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Indo-Aryan language variety
→
linguistic concept → vernacular language → |
| affectedBy | prestige of Sanskrit in ancient India → |
| characterizedBy |
Sanskritized grammar
→
Sanskritized literary style → heavy Sanskrit lexical influence → |
| contrastedWith | more colloquial non-Sanskritized Prakrits → |
| geographicDistribution |
South Asia
→
surface form: "Indian subcontinent"
|
| hasFunction | elevating vernacular expression toward Sanskrit norms → |
| hasInfluenceFrom | Sanskrit → |
| hasProperty |
increased use of tatsama vocabulary
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intermediate between colloquial Prakrit and classical Sanskrit → often associated with elite or learned registers → partial adoption of Sanskrit morphology → partial adoption of Sanskrit phonology → refined under Sanskrit influence → used in literary and semi-literary texts → |
| hasRole | bridge between spoken Prakrits and classical Sanskrit → |
| languageBranch |
Indo-Aryan languages
→
surface form: "Indo-Aryan"
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
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surface form: "Indo-European languages"
|
| relatedConcept |
Sanskritization
→
tadbhava words → tatsama words → |
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan languages
→
Middle Indo-Aryan →
surface form: "Middle Indo-Aryan languages"
Prakrit languages → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Indo-Aryan
→
surface form: "Middle Indo-Aryan period"
|
| usedAs | vernacular speech forms → |
| usedIn |
courtly or elite contexts
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didactic literature → religious literature → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.