Paiśācī
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Paiśācī is an obscure, largely lost Middle Indo-Aryan language traditionally associated with ancient Indian narrative literature and mentioned in classical grammatical texts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Indo-Aryan language
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language ⓘ literary language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ancient Indian narrative literature
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stories of goblins and spirits ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Bṛhatkathā
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Bṛhatkathāmañjarī NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathāsaritsāgara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Bṛhatkathā tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| describedAs |
largely lost language
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obscure language ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Sanskrit word "piśāca" meaning goblin or demon ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Indo-Aryan historical linguistics
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Indology ⓘ Prākrit studies ⓘ |
| grammaticalDescriptionStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Paiśācī Prākrit
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Piśācī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Middle Indo-Aryan morphology
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Middle Indo-Aryan phonology ⓘ Prākrit-like simplification of consonant clusters ⓘ reduction of inflectional system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Indo-Aryan period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Indo-Aryan dialects ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later retellings and summaries ⓘ |
| knownThrough |
grammatical citations
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lexical examples in treatises ⓘ |
| linguisticStage | post-Vedic Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Bhartṛhari
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Hemacandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Patañjali NERFINISHED ⓘ Pāṇini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | classical Sanskrit grammatical texts ⓘ |
| primarySourcesStatus | lost ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
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| researchStatus | subject of scholarly reconstruction ⓘ |
| resembles |
Apabhraṃśa in some features
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other Prākrits in structure ⓘ |
| status |
extinct language
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poorly attested language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan language
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Indo-European language ⓘ Indo-Iranian language ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs |
Prākrit
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non-Sanskritic literary language ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Brāhmī script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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