Shauraseni Prakrit
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Shauraseni Prakrit (Sanskrit: शौरसेनी प्राकृत, romanized: Śaurasenī Prākṛta) was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit. Shauraseni was the chief language used in drama in medieval northern India. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, and represented a regional language variety with minor modifications to the same linguistic substratum as other Dramatic Prakrit varieties.[1] It may be based on the spoken vernacular around the 2nd century BC in the ancient state of Surasena.
Shauraseni Prakrit | |
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Śaurasenī Prākṛta | |
Brahmi: 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻 | |
Region | India |
Era | c. 3rd to 10th centuries AD |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | psu |
Glottolog | saur1252 |
Among the Prakrits, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to Classical Sanskrit in that it "is derived from the Old Indian Indo-Aryan dialect of the Madhyadeśa on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."[2]: 3–4 Its descendants include Punjabi, Gujarati, Rajasthani and Western Hindi.[3]