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Prakrit is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually app
Word for "Prakrit" (here Prā-kṛ-te) in Gupta script (a.k.a. Late Brahmi script) in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana, 532 CE
The Sūryaprajñaptisūtra, an astronomical work written in Jain Prakrit language (in Devanagari book script), c. 1500
Pali
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Pāli is a Middle Indo-Aryan language that is widely studied as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism and the language of the Tipiṭaka. Pali was designated a classical language of India by the Gove
Prakrit
…the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of the Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding Pali and Classical Sanskrit. The oldest stage of Middle Indo-Aryan language is attested in the inscriptions of Ashoka (c. 260 BCE), as well as in the earliest…
19th century Burmese Kammavācā (confession for Buddhist monks), written in Pali on gilded palm leaf