Shauraseni Prakrit
Ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language
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Shauraseni Prakrit (Sanskrit: शौरसेनी प्राकृत, IAST: Śaurasenī Prākṛta, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɕɐurɐseːniː praːkr̩t̪ɐ]) was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit. Shauraseni was the vernacular of the Surasena region and the chief language used in drama in medieval northern India such as those written in Jain Shauraseni. 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]
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Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Shauraseni Prakrit
- Indo-Aryan
| Shauraseni Prakrit | |
|---|---|
| Śaurasenī Prākṛta | |
| 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi) | |
| Region | northern Indian subcontinent, particularly Surasena |
| Era | c. 3rd to 10th centuries AD |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | psu |
| Glottolog | saur1252 |
Among the Prakrits, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to Classical Sanskrit in that it "is derived from the Old Indian Indo-Aryan dialect of the Madhyadeśa on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."[2]: 3–4
It gave rise to Apabhramsa languages such as Shauraseni Apabhramsa (from which descended Old Hindi, ancestral to modern Hindi-Urdu); Gurjara Apabhramsa (from which descended Old Gujarati, ancestral to modern Gujarati, Rajasthani); Takka Apabhramsa (ancestral to modern Punjabi, Saraiki, Pahari-Pothwari, Hindko) and Vracada Apabhramsa (ancestral to modern Sindhi).[3][4]
