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by ashishb
17 days ago
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> What about Prakrit and Punjabi? There is no official "Prakrit", by definition of the term itself.
"Prakrit" just means "natural" and the way I understand it, was the term for all colloquial dialects/languages across India. "Sanskrit", on the other hand, meant "cultured" and its grammar, at least for the last 2500 years, is strictly defined by Panini (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%AD%C4%81dhy%C...) |
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