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Prakrit : (noun)
1: any of the modern Indic languages [syn: Prakrit]
2: 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 [syn: Prakrit]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Prakrit : \Pra"krit\, n. [Skr. pr[=a]k[.r]ta original, natural,
usual, common, vulgar.]
Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to,
Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used
as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by
the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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