Prakrit, Prak峁漷: 6 definitions

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Prakrit means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Prak峁漷 can be transliterated into English as Prakrt or Prakrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Prakrit.鈥擨n connexion with the dramatic representation, it (the Prakrit recitation) is of three kinds, viz,

that with the same words as in Sanskrit (蝉补尘腻苍补-艣补产诲补),
that with corrupt (惫颈产丑谤补峁ａ弓补) words,
that with words of indigenous origin (诲别艣墨).

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Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Prakrit.鈥擜nglicised spelling of Pr膩办峁泃a, the name of a language. Note: prakrit is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri鈥檚 Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

Prakrit refers to one of the four major languages prevalent in ancient India, according to the 8th-century Kuvalayam膩l膩 written by Uddyotanas奴ri, a Prakrit Camp奴 (similar to K膩vya poetry) narrating the love-story between Prince Candr膩p墨岣峚 and the Apsaras K膩dambar墨.鈥擳here is a mention of four major languages, namely, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Paishachi; and during the 8th century, vast body of Apabhramsha literature appears to have been already produced. The Paishachi language seems to have been represented by the B峁沨atkath膩 which had survived in its original form upto the time of Uddyotanas奴ri. This appears to be very probable since the original Pai艣膩c墨 B峁沨atkath膩 was known to K峁mendra who based his Sanskrit version on it.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prak峁漷 (啶啶班啷勦い啷�).鈥�1 U.

1) To announce, proclaim, mention.

2) To name, call.

3) To praise, extol, laud.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

笔谤补办峁泃 (啶啶班啷冟い啷�).鈥攃ut off or asunder.

笔谤补办峁泃 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and 办峁泃 (啶曕啶む).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 笔谤补办峁泃 (啶啶班啷冟い啷�):鈥擺=pra-办峁泃] -鈭�2. 办峁泃 [Parasmaipada] -办峁沶迟补迟颈, ([Epic] also -kartati), to cut off;

鈥攖o cut up, cut to pieces, [Atharva-veda; Mah膩bh膩rata]

2) Prak峁漷 (啶啶班啷勦い啷�):鈥擺=辫谤补-鈭歬峁漷] See 辫谤补-鈭歬墨谤迟.

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (sa峁僺办峁泃am), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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