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prakrit

/'prɑkrɪt/

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noun
any of the modern Indic languages
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type of:
indic indo-aryan
noun
any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
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indic indo-aryan

Definition that contains prakrit

pali an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
prakritic of or relating to Prakrit