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Shauraseni Prakrit

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Shauraseni Prakrit
Śaurasenī Prākṛta
Brahmi:𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻
RegionIndia
Erac. 3rd to 10th centuries AD
Language codes
ISO 639-3psu
Glottologsaur1252

Shauraseni Prakrit(Sanskrit:शौरसेनी प्राकृत,romanized:Śaurasenī Prākṛta) was aMiddle Indo-Aryan languageand aDramatic Prakrit.Shauraseni was the chieflanguageused in drama inmedievalnorthern 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 ofSurasena.

Among thePrakrits,Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related toClassical Sanskritin that it "is derived from the Old Indian Indo-Aryan dialect of theMadhyadeśaon which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based. "[2]: 3–4 Its descendants includePunjabi,Lahnda,Sindhi[3]Gujarati,RajasthaniandWestern Hindi.[4]

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  1. ^Andrew Ollett (10 October 2017). "5".Figuring Prakrit.pp. 111–140.doi:10.1525/LUMINOS.37.E.ISBN978-0-520-96881-3.WikidataQ120550567.{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help)
  2. ^Woolner, Alfred C."Introduction to Prakrit".Calcutta: University of the Punjab.Retrieved2 March2016.
  3. ^Mesthrie, Rajend (14 September 2018).Language in Indenture: A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa.Routledge. p. 15.ISBN978-0-429-78579-5.The outer languages descend from various sources: The Eastern group from Magadhi Prakrit, Marathi from Maharastri Prakrit (which was a sub-division of Ardha-Māgadhi Prakrit, leaning more towards Māgadhi than Sauraseni), while Sindhi and Lahnda, whose early histories are not entirely clear, seem to be derived from Apabhramsas which show Sauraseni influence.
  4. ^Joglekar, Satish (10 June 2023).Window to Ancient India: A Tryst with Ancient Science & Philosophy Part II: Languages, Linguistic Systems and Indian Logic System vis-a-vis the Greeks.StoryMirror Infotech Pvt. p. 68.ISBN978-93-90267-91-0.