Prakrit

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Middle Indo-Aryan language ancient language group of languages

Prakrit is a group of ancient Middle Indo-Aryan languages historically used in religious and literary texts, especially in Jain, Buddhist, and early Hindu traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Prakrit canonical 22
Prakrit languages 5
Prakrit language 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
characterizedBy simplified morphology compared to Sanskrit ⓘ
simplified phonology compared to Sanskrit ⓘ
contrastedWith Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Classical Sanskrit
follows Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
hasVariety Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Jain Maharashtri ⓘ
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
surface form: Jain Prakrit

Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
surface form: Jain Shauraseni

Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
Paisaci Prakrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
influenced Bihari languages ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
other modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linguisticStageOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Aryan language continuum
precedes Apabhramsha ⓘ
surface form: Apabhraṃśa

Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: New Indo-Aryan languages
subclassOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedBy Buddhist monks ⓘ
Jain monks ⓘ
classical Indian dramatists ⓘ
usedFor drama ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn South Asia ⓘ
ancient India ⓘ
usedInPeriod Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period

circa 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE ⓘ
usedInTextType Buddhist texts ⓘ
Jain canonical literature ⓘ
early Hindu texts ⓘ
usedInWork Gaha Sattasai (Gāthā Saptashatī) ⓘ
Agamas ⓘ
surface form: Jain Agamas

early inscriptions of Indian subcontinent ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form: Kharosthi script

various regional scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Jainism → scriptureLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Old Malay → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Prakrit ⓘ
Brahmi script → usedFor → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit languages
Gandhari Prakrit → subclassOf → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit language
Shravikas → languageOfTerm → Prakrit ⓘ
Tirthankaras → languageOfEarlyTradition → Prakrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit → partOf → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrits
Kawi language → influencedBy → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit languages
Ellora Caves → inscriptionsLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Indian literature → hasLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Bindusara → language → Prakrit ⓘ
Languages of India → influencedBy → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit languages
Ashoka → inscriptionsLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Pallava Grantha → usedForLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Shunga Empire → language → Prakrit ⓘ
Taxila → languageHistoricallyUsed → Prakrit ⓘ
Brahmi → usedForLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Amaravati sculptures → languageOfInscriptions → Prakrit ⓘ
Apabhramsha → follows → Prakrit ⓘ
Trishala → languageOfPrimarySources → Prakrit ⓘ
Samvatsari → languageOfGreeting → Prakrit ⓘ
Pratikraman → languageUsed → Prakrit ⓘ
Murtipujaka → languageOfScripture → Prakrit ⓘ
Shravika → languageOfTerm → Prakrit ⓘ
Upangas → language → Prakrit ⓘ
Paisaci → hasRelationTo → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit languages
Nagari → usedForWriting → Prakrit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prakrit languages
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves → hasInscriptionLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ
Indian mathematics → usedLanguage → Prakrit ⓘ