1 Name two saints who used Prakrit to give their sermons 2500 years ago.
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Explanation:
The Prakrits (/ˈprɑːkrɪt/; Early Brahmi , prākṛta;[2] Devanagari Sanskrit: प्राकृत, prākṛta; Shauraseni: , pāuda; Jain Prakrit: pāua; Kannada: pāgada) are a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages used in India from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE.[3][4] The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding earlier inscriptions and the later Pali.[5] The Prakrits were used contemporaneously with the Classical Sanskrit of higher social classes.[6] Prākṛta literally means "natural", as opposed to saṃskṛta, which literally means "constructed" or "refined".[5]
Prakrit
Geographic
distribution
Indian subcontinent
Linguistic classification
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Prakrit
ISO 639-2 / 5
pra
Glottolog
None
midd1350 (Middle Indo-Aryan)
Word for "Prakrit" (here Prā-kṛ-te) in Late Brahmi script in the Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana, 532 CE[1]